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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28029 invoked from network); 15 Aug 2020 01:25:48 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Aug 2020 01:25:48 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BE4D29CAD9; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:25:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A774E9B682; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D9FE19B5F4; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta37p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta37p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.101]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 857859B5EC for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep37p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200815012444.EYOF13243.viclafep37p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:44 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrleekgdegjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5E8A564B16D87C6D for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:43 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 07F1OgO4013778 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 07F1Ofd4013775 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:24:41 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <8e7efd45-a84e-cf20-9d30-8222357596a3@tnetconsulting.net> <202007200847.06K8l8DF026646@freefriends.org> <20200720094648.GE15253@ancienthardware.org> <20200801013605.GG10778@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [TUHS] A/UX [was Linux is on-topic] 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Fri, 14 Aug 2020, Paul Winalski wrote: > IPL is one of several IBM-isms. A few others: > > main storage = memory. IBM considered "memory" too anthropomorphic. > > DASD = direct access storage device = disk. This is a hold-over from > the days when, in addition to disks, there were drums and the IBM 2321 > data cell drive (aka the noodle-picker). DECtape would probably be > classified as DASD. Another one for you: LCS: Large Core Store (sort of extended memory). Ah, the noodle-picker... Also known as the Chicken Plucker, when it worked it worked OK, but when it didn't... There was also this rotating drum, where instead of the heads moving, the drum slid sideways, and the (male) operators used to show it to females... -- Dave