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  • Re: terminal memories, Protocol constraints shaping communities

    From John Levine@3:633/10 to All on Thu Mar 19 00:39:30 2026
    According to Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net>:
    On the IBM side, there was Wylbur, Orvil and friends, not to
    mention batch-with-a-patch (TSS).

    That was TSO. TSS was earlier and was supposed to compete with Multics.
    I used it, it didn't.
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    Regards,
    John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
    Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Peter Flass@3:633/10 to All on Wed Mar 18 20:53:07 2026
    On 3/18/26 17:39, John Levine wrote:
    According to Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net>:
    On the IBM side, there was Wylbur, Orvil and friends, not to
    mention batch-with-a-patch (TSS).

    That was TSO. TSS was earlier and was supposed to compete with Multics.
    I used it, it didn't.

    If I ever get time (hint: I won't) I'd like to play more with TSS. I
    have a couple of other well-aged systems I want to play with.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.13
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)