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 1317 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2021 20:10:15 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Feb 2021 20:10:15 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 069CC9C20D; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:10:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113849BA2A; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:09:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EDE239BA2A; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:09:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta23p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta23p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.23]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 724239507B for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:09:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep23p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210213200933.PVEU13959.nsstlfep23p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:09:33 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrieefgddufedtucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe 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 5FE6CD140DEE6C83 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:09:33 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 11DK9Xu9032938 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:09:33 +1100 (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 11DK9Vgx032935 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:09:33 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:09:31 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <202102130900.11D903MT021054@cuzuco.com> <22d1ac5d-caaa-5dd1-0a30-263b041b3a08@gmail.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; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] banner (was troff was not so widely usable) 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 Sat, 13 Feb 2021, Warner Losh wrote: > I wrote one in 83. And several of my fellow students at college did this > as well. It seemed to be a common thing back in the day. I've used lots of different banner programs on various systems; I think even OS/360 had one (well, ours did anyway). -- Dave