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From: cgy@cs.brown.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
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Subject: Re: copyrights and personal recognition (opinions solicited)
Keywords: 3b1,bugs
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Date: 24 Jan 91 17:01:56 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.052940.11570@xenitec.on.ca> <1991Jan24.014452.3033012@locus.com>
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In article <1991Jan24.014452.3033012@locus.com> rorex@locus.com (Phil Rorex) writes:
>Reminds me of my little ATT 3B1.  There's a command in /bin called:	
>	.!.
>which displays (in a somewhat gaudy fashion)  anyone and everyone (apparently) 
>who had something to do with the Convergent port to that thing (UNIXPC).  
>Or perhaps it was a leftover from the original mini-frame port?  Anyone
>know?  
>It always impressed me as being a bit childish, but "what the hey", maybe I 
>just felt jealous 'cause I wasn't working at a place where I could get away 
>with something like that.

Not only that... but, after it listed the names (flashing lights and all),
it crashed the machine - via some unknown OS bug or other.  Apparently the
designers did not suffer from the slings and arrows of conscience... the bug
was still there in 3b1 Unix 3.5.

Curtis

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 Instead of a shell
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