From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264378AbTDKOrl (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:47:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264379AbTDKOrl (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:47:41 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:5256 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264378AbTDKOrk (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:47:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:37:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel Subject: Re: kernel support for non-English user messages In-Reply-To: <200304110919_MC3-1-33FD-6E7@compuserve.com> Message-ID: References: <200304110919_MC3-1-33FD-6E7@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Linux Torvalds wrote: > > > > I've used VMS, and error code number encoding is a total heap of crap. > [SNIPPED...] > > (Of course there were drawbacks, too... when the leather belt driving > the Difference Engine broke, for example, it was every man for himself!) > You think you are kidding? The main hard disk on one of our VAX/11-750 was belt-driven. I think it was a RA50?? Anyway, it consisted of a 55 pound sealed aluminum casting with fins (HDA), that a technician would roll in using a refrigerator dolly. It had a pulley on it's bottom that was fit into a belt to spin it up. The motor sounded like a vacuum-cleaner motor, probably made by Hoover. Wmmm. $ ls / # "DIR" %DIRECT-W-NOFILES, no files found Remember versioned files? What would Unix do with.... $ renam *.*;* *.*;1 $ ls *.*;1 $ You get left with one file called *.*;1 -- nice! I did like.... $ set proc/priv=all $ @sys$system:shutdown It was almost as amazing as `init 0` on Red-Hat distributions.... > -- > Chuck Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.