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Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands

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On 2015-01-25, Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
>
> "Grant Edwards" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:ma1oq5$hch$1@reader1.panix.com...
>> On 2015-01-24, Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I like to print all of this out as a hardcopy reference. Usually
>>> I'll print all of this twice just in case I lose the first copy.
>>
>> I'm sure you're joking,
>
> Of course I'm joking. I actually print out three copies in case I lose both 
> the original and the backup.
>
>
>> but I remember starting to do that once: print
>> out all of the Unix man pages to put in 3-ring binders.  I don't
>> remember if I got them all printed or not.
>
> I used to really like computer books back in the day. But now with all the 
> reference material available via man pages and out on the web it's been ages 
> since I've bought a computer book. The other problem for books is that 
> things change so rapidly that a book is often out of date by the time it's 
> released.
>
>
>> That was back when I was
>> using a serial terminal on with V7 on a PDP-11 (no networking, no X11)
>> There weren't nearly as many man pages back then, and opening a new
>> xterm to read a man page wasn't an option, but I quickly learned how
>> to live without hardcopy of man pages.
>
> I never used a PDP-11. My first *nix experience was with Ultrix running on a 
> MicroVAX. It ran DEC-windows so opening up multiple terminals was trivial. I 
> don't remember what the actual resolution was on the Ultrix workstations but 
> the monitors seemed amazing compared to the typical PC monitor.

I remember switching from a VT-240 to a MicroVAX workstation.  I
thought I had died and gone to heaven.  Back then, there was a _huge_
difference between PC monitors (15" 1024x768 if you were _lucky_) and
Sun/Apollo/uVax workstations (usually 19-21" and _much_ higher
resolution).  If you did mainly coding and documentation, the
grayscale monitors for those workstations were _gorgeous_: larger and
higher resolution than the color options.  I stuck with grayscale on
Sun workstations until about 2000 when I switched to Linux. That was
definitly a big downgrade in display quality.  I don't think I had
anything equal to those old Sun grayscale monitors until many years
later when I bought a 20" Samsung 206BW 1680x1050 LCD.

--
Grant

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List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2015-01-24 16:58 +0000
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-01-24 18:10 +0000
    Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-01-24 13:30 -0500
      Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 03:44 +0000
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-01-25 06:42 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2015-01-25 09:24 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 16:42 +0000
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-01-25 14:14 -0600
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-25 12:41 +0000
        Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-01-25 11:28 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-01-25 11:37 -0500
          Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-25 16:54 +0000
            Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-26 07:12 -0600
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands BurfordTJustice <Burford@hub.dub> - 2015-01-26 08:19 -0500
              Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-01-26 09:22 -0600
    Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-01-24 22:20 +0000
  Re: List of 6000 Linux C function calls and commands Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-01-24 18:17 +0000

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