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From: hitz@mips.COM (David Hitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch
Subject: Re: "Watchdogs"
Message-ID: <1579@quacky.mips.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 88 10:18:45 GMT
References: <1495@osiris.UUCP: <2126@haddock.ISC.COM> <1497@osiris.UUCP> <1449@sugar.UUCP> <271@csed-47.csed-1.UUCP>
Reply-To: hitz@quacky.UUCP (David Hitz)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <271@csed-47.csed-1.UUCP> roskos@csed-1.UUCP (Eric Roskos) writes:
>As a historical note, a similar feature was provided on TOPS-10 (the old
>operating system for DECSystem-10's), called "File Daemons;" maybe
>this was the inspiration for "Watchdogs"?

At USENIX one of the authors claimed that "Watchdogs" were inspired by 
a Max Headroom espisode.

-- 
Dave Hitz
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