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| From | usenet@only.tnx (Questor) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: History--early remote on-line computer access |
| Organization | ask the NSA |
| Message-ID | <5763a84d.19331076@nntp2.rawbw.com> (permalink) |
| References | (16 earlier) <c9e91d7a-78fd-4364-a038-d645292abeff@googlegroups.com> <PM000534C33DB80337@aca41ec1.ipt.aol.com> <njhb80$ccn$1@dont-email.me> <PM00053513E5B1AE15@aca41c40.ipt.aol.com> <mdd1t3w3klb.fsf@panix5.panix.com> |
| Date | 2016-06-17 07:37 +0000 |
On 16 Jun 2016 17:11:28 -0400, Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote: >jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes: > >> Charles Richmond wrote: >>> "jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message >>> news:PM000534C33DB80337@aca41ec1.ipt.aol.com... >>>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >>>>> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 1:37:17 AM UTC-4, Mike Spencer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [snip] >>>>>> Allegedly, this was because the Pentagon had coopted *all* the cycles >>>>>> over some kind of data link from D.C. >>>>> >>>>> I strongly doubt that happened, in that context. >>>>> >>>>> MIT was doing experiments with time sharing in that era, although >>>>> I don't know how far along they got. >>>> >>>> One of them became TOPS-10. >>>> >>> >>> I always thought that TWENEX from BBN is what became TOPS-10... >>> >> TENEX became TOPS-20. >> >> /BAH > >And thus the misnomer "Twenex", alluding to the mistaken notion that code could >be written for both OSes at once without conditionals. "Twenex" was a joke name for TOPS-20. I never heard anyone suggest that it meant anything else.
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History--early remote on-line computer access hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-06 14:33 -0700
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-06-07 02:30 -0300
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-07 16:49 +0000
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-07 10:44 -0700
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-07 13:47 -0400
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-07 10:54 -0700
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-07 13:17 -0700
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-08 00:23 +0200
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-06-07 19:22 -0500
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-08 12:11 -0700
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-08 12:25 +0000
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:37 -0500
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-12 12:27 +0000
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2016-06-16 17:11 -0400
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-17 07:37 +0000
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2016-06-17 16:53 -0400
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 10:35 -0500
Re: History--early remote on-line computer access "Joe Morris" <j.c.morris@verizon.net> - 2016-06-18 08:35 -0400
Re:History--early remote on-line computer access Sarr Blumson <sarr.blumson@alum.dartmouth.org> - 2016-06-07 12:20 -0400
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