Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: history of ASCII and IBM ratfucking, and the VAX (was Re: CMS, Self-hosting and the 6502) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:13:35 -1000 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 7 Message-ID: <87h5ju100g.fsf@localhost> References: <10qehuo$2nu4m$1@dont-email.me> <87h5pqwd5j.fsf@localhost> <10qs7og$129km$4@dont-email.me> <10qt6h6$19mab$1@dont-email.me> <10qucqd$cs9$2@gal.iecc.com> <87zf3horqg.fsf@localhost> <87pkykc7s9.fsf_-_@debian> <11814e0$2vofg$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="225155"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/T+SIuBNn2/1NBzCYoN00F8BotQCBRM+g="; posting-host="e5bbf9cf81d96432ad63a411999323a3" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XpGsVMjahYqdDn9bhRvwzpDWcVE= sha1:22Ip2VYR6bSNGzBa2eyrOrdvvRM= sha256:WA8c5r1ItrRVkZGFgxOhSjaBJAAsyjpLFDvvHM3nHqs= sha1:mLVuvtEH2cJ6EtN9wds4Lk+j13Q= sha256:Uo31eLtm1DW3/0VjFfhoAIO+bLmpJt5BBkErYiJPoOE= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:235594 Jeroen Belleman writes: > Where did Lynn's article come from? the CERN/MVS/VM370 comparison reference came from being their -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970