Hey Carol!

 CS> The Sperry-Univac had an acronym list 3 miles long.  The only part
 CS> that didnt have an acronym?  Cathode Ray Unit Device (CRUD), part
 CS> of the FEP if I recall it right.

That sounds right.

 CS> Acoustic modem for dayly feedback logs to the company.

I never saw any modems until I bought my first PC.  I had a 2400 baud
internal jobber that cost more then a whole PC does these days.  I am not
positive about this, but I think we were already wired with fibre optics
before the move to the Sparcs.  We were pioneers in that respect.

 CS> BSD I think was the primary kernal?

Could be.  I wasn't that involved to know other then it was VAX/VMS.  That
I do recall.  I am not positive but I think tar was part of the scheme wrt
the tape drives.

 CS> Hehehe.  I was the SYSOP (old use of the term) for that machine.

I am not sure if we used that term then or it was later on when I heard it.
 I do know that the first BBS I ran across was around that time.  Not much
has changed about BBS's from that time onwards other then more extensive
use of ANSI as time went on.

 CS> The USAF was buying into it, but all the folks who worked it were navy.
 CS> The USAF folks were afraid to touch it.

Heh, heh.  I wasn't scared but didn't want to be responsible.  It was
painful enough just using those damn contraptions let alone being
responsible for booting etc.  No thank you.

 MK> Neat.  You're a pioneer.
 CS> ;-)  That I was.  I was taught to 'comment the batch files' by DP1
 CS> Carter (Later DPC or 'Chief') so thats how folks knew it was me,
 CS> years later.

Were they called "batch files" back then?  If so then it is it
any wonder I got the impression that DOS was VMS-ish?  Given my limited
exposure to PC development until 386's that might explain where that idea
came from.  I kept trying to make my PC behave more like the Sparcs.  I got
really, really spoiled and cursed things like modems and the such.  I
really wish I had waited until 486's and Linux.  That might have given me
better respect for these stinkin' boxes.  Heh, heh.  Anyhow, despite the
cheap monitor I currently have, it is infinetly better then the
eye-bleeding dumb terminal ones from the VAX/VMS days.  No doubt about
that.

- Maurice


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