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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 16 Nov 1996 12:28:48 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <56l860$ds9@cynic.portal.ca> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <569rkk$gv0@orac.mon.rnb.com> <1996111212371894551@[192.159.32.153]> <wzzq0kfrg0.fsf@expernet26.expernet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26501 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1539 alt.folklore.computers:124770 In article <wzzq0kfrg0.fsf@expernet26.expernet.com>, Peter Ludemann <ludemann@expernet26.expernet.com> wrote: >I seem to remember 3-letter commands for RT-11, but the only one that >comes to mind now is "PIP" (Peripheral Interchange Program"). On >PDP-11s, there was a straightforward method of packing 3 characters >into a 2-byte word, so file names were 6 characters, with a >3-character extension (I suppose MS-DOS copied the 3-character >extension, but without the 3-to-2 packing). Well, MS-DOS copied it though CP/M. CP/M seems to have taken a lot from RT-11; it even had a PIP program. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.