From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30535 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2020 16:09:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Nov 2020 16:09:28 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D55439D581; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 02:09:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB8B9D572; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 02:09:06 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="Lz0eywge"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D40239D572; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 02:09:03 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 499 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:09:03 AEST Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (pb-smtp21.pobox.com [173.228.157.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A0479D541 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 02:09:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 119C0EB725; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:00:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gak@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from :message-id:content-type:mime-version:subject:date:in-reply-to :cc:to:references; s=sasl; bh=kqgCd/7Z+G3zihBuqQtlcEjlakA=; b=Lz 0eywgetUotQAMH4HNR78VQXfsqORYXSiZQ2mOnhUWMfWTLh2dIN9LTmbtm2O1xUU FMFyWBcB9qy8ytKH5ahvuna7iMSi5JF63fdiQNxioslFqyNRgU/wW5b43+tiCDgc e13tAOAIyENJULrCqYJFTCsS7KtFAlTk/0h9iQ4vI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:message-id :content-type:mime-version:subject:date:in-reply-to:cc:to :references; q=dns; s=sasl; b=xzXrx7B1GJoKI2+M333Yo8oIt8fq2iyDkQ 49Axg28p0w+pY5TKf+QluW85MwBYoYr5yMg7NC+wp1nQgK7P23a8X+v2VT4Jt4dD IVfbexiNT2pJD7ebjvWIOjcfHRMeQANyuGdUclBKFnX4mqoXw6J7iBX1xm4dqwMb sWMRlI81Q= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09525EB724; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:00:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gak@pobox.com) Received: from [10.20.72.34] (unknown [12.154.207.45]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43115EB722; Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:00:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gak@pobox.com) From: "pobox.com" Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C6FA8F28-501E-478A-AD5F-9A1B6B288591" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.120.23.2.4\)) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:00:39 -0800 In-Reply-To: To: Ron Natalie References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.120.23.2.4) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: B900987E-1DED-11EB-8EE5-D609E328BF65-96316526!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Subject: Re: [TUHS] /usr/bin/1 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_C6FA8F28-501E-478A-AD5F-9A1B6B288591 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On Nov 3, 2020, at 7:40 AM, Ron Natalie wrote: > This memory just came back to me. There was a UNIX disribution = (PWB/UNIX?) that had a program called 1. > It printed tis quaint bit of propaganda. >=20 > One Bell System. It works. >=20 > This was fine until one day I=E2=80=99m at work in a big bull pen = computer room when Bernie, one of my co-workers, shouts. > =E2=80=9CWhat=E2=80=99s all this Bell System crud in the editor?=E2=80=9D= >=20 > My reaction is, =E2=80=9CWell, it=E2=80=99s all Bell System crud.=E2=80=9D= I walk over to his terminal and find he is typing 1 repeatedly at = the shell prompt and getting the above message. (This was back in the = old /bin/ed days where 1 got you to the top of the file). I had to = point out he wasn=E2=80=99t in the editor. >=20 > Later that day, the program was changed to say: >=20 > You=E2=80=99re not in the editor, Bernie. >=20 > This I think made it into one of the BRL releases and occassionally = got inquiries as to who Bernie is. Yes, PWB/UNIX. I seem to recall it also had /usr/bin/flog. You pass it a process ID as = argument, and it was supposed to make the process work harder. (I can't = remember the exact wording on the web page. In fact, I could be confused = about it being in PWB.) --Apple-Mail=_C6FA8F28-501E-478A-AD5F-9A1B6B288591 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 On = Nov 3, 2020, at 7:40 AM, Ron Natalie <ron@ronnatalie.com> = wrote:

This memory just came back to me.     There was a = UNIX disribution (PWB/UNIX?) that had a program called 1.
It = printed tis quaint bit of propaganda.

One = Bell System.  It works.

This = was fine until one day I=E2=80=99m at work in a big bull pen computer = room when Bernie, one of my co-workers, shouts.
=E2=80=9CWhat=E2=80=99s all this Bell System crud in the = editor?=E2=80=9D

My = reaction is, =E2=80=9CWell, it=E2=80=99s all Bell System crud.=E2=80=9D =    I walk over to his terminal and find he is typing 1 = repeatedly at the shell prompt and getting the above message. =  (This was back in the old /bin/ed days where 1 got you to the top = of the file).     I had to point out he wasn=E2=80=99t in the = editor.

Later that day, the program was = changed to say:

You=E2=80=99re not in the editor, Bernie.

This I think made it into one of the BRL releases and = occassionally got inquiries as to who Bernie = is.

Yes, PWB/UNIX.

I seem to recall it also had /usr/bin/flog. You pass it a = process ID as argument, and it was supposed to make the process work = harder. (I can't remember the exact wording on the web page. In fact, I = could be confused about it being in PWB.)


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