[Cialug] I Remember When Computer Specs

[Tim Wilson]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:25 PM, <ng0g at mchsi.com> wrote:

> CIALUG,
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> Steve Hawkins NG0G
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> From: j bengtson <j.bengtson at mchsi.com>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> Sent: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:39 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] I Remember When Computer Specs
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> Is this just a sneaky way of identifying the old fogies here?
>
> The first computer I got to lay hands on was an Apple II (48K RAM, 1MHz
> 6502 processor, monochrome green monitor).  Several years later, when they
> first announced an external hard drive option, I remember wondering what in
> the world anyone would need 20 MB of hard drive space for...
>
> ---------------
>
> It might be a way of id'ing us old fogies.  Who remembers "pip", what it
> did, and what the letters stood for?
>

I (sort of) cheated.  I've used it, I used to know what it stood for, but I
couldn't remember.  Peripheral Interchange Program is what I heard it called
(after some memory jogging via Wikipedia).   It copied files and deleted
files with the correct arguments.  I remember forgetting to put the "/lo" at
the end of a "pip *.bas /de".  Oops, there went all those BASIC files.

That was back on an old DEC PDP-11/44 using RSTS/E, RSX-11, and RT11.
 Different programs ran under the different OSes.  I think EDT was RSX-11.
 Wow, I feel old.

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