grimmtooth, 7 months ago

@textfiles Is that ... Laura Palmer in the first frame?

textfiles, 7 months ago

Oh, well, this is sad news about the cartoonist from 1984.

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hananc, 7 months ago

@textfiles the operating system I used in my first paying job.

timbray, 7 months ago

@hananc @textfiles I bet there are still some out there hidden in corners running things people depend on.

hananc, 7 months ago

@timbray @textfiles Wow! I just now learned that the PIP program, used in RSTS, is the reason for reserved filenames in Microsoft Windows: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT0, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, LPT9.

This limitation is case-insensitive, and also applies to basenames. So for example, Con.txt is an invalid filename.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Interchange_Program

timbray, 7 months ago

@hananc @textfiles PIP was in all those DEC PDP11 OSes. RSX, RT, etc.

PIP/LI

ErosBlog, 7 months ago

@textfiles Oh indeed! See also The Dirty Book: Users Guide To Erotic Software (1982):

http://www.erosblog.com/2017/02/27/computer-dating-in-1982/