Re: Not-So-Ancient History (was Re: Maybe a corny idea ...)
Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Soul Computer (scwawcaac@earthlink.net) [020518 13:21]:
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>>On 17 May 2002 21:04:09 -0500 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 20:05, Soul Computer wrote:
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>>>Maybe this is a bad idea, but I thought that
>>>since Linux is the original multi-user,
>>>multitasking operating system for the PC, it
>>
>>Fat chance. MP/M (the multi-user variant of CP/M was
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>>Of course, we can't forget Minix, who's limitations spurred
>>Linus to which would become greatness.
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>>I'm sure I've left something out...
>>==================================================
>>Thanks for the history. I appreciate it ...
>>Anyway, to date myself, I used a Honeywell DPS 6.
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>
> Scwawcaac:
>
> Can you please set your mailer to insert a "> " in front of each line
> you quote in replies? The last couple of messages were very confusing.
> As you can see above, the problem is further complicated when the
> message is quoted again, since Ron Johnson's original text above is at
> the same level of indentation as your latest text. It looks like you're
> repeating what other people have said rather than quoting it. If you
> need help setting it up, let us know what mailer it is and hopefully
> someone will be able to help you. Thanks.
>
> good times,
> Vineet
Mozilla displays this message perfectly and both levels of ">" are in
the message source here.
Paul Scott
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