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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
Message-ID: <D34719.908@bonkers.taronga.com>
References: <D2yquq.E29@bonkers.taronga.com> <1995Jan26.212545.3335@rosevax.rosemount.com> <D31JDq.JrA@bonkers.taronga.com> <1995Jan27.032144.8740@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 12:07:56 GMT
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In article <1995Jan27.032144.8740@cs.cornell.edu>,
Matt Welsh <mdw@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
>In article <D31JDq.JrA@bonkers.taronga.com> peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>In article <1995Jan26.212545.3335@rosevax.rosemount.com>,
>>Grant Edwards <grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com> wrote:
>>>Was TNIX a v7 clone?  As best as I could remember, that was my guess.

>>TNIX was vanilla V7 UNIX on the PDP-11. It felt like an early 2BSD source tape.

>Long, thin, oxidated, and very very dusty? I don't get it.

Phphphphphpht...

No frills V7 but you got vi and csh. (thank the gods, the Tektronix editor
LDE sucked dirty sweat socks through a mouldy straw)