From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 24 18:24:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA25967 for current-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 18:24:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA25962 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 18:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA19046; Sat, 25 May 1996 11:09:05 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605250139.LAA19046@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: editors To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 11:09:04 +0930 (CST) Cc: stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605242000.NAA01650@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at May 24, 96 01:00:24 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > Gotta get those new user up to speed on pipes and redirection > > > right off the bat! > > > > Huh! Mere child's tools. I vote we ought to give them just a disk > > sector editor. After all, any self-respecting hacker ought to be able > > to edit files by writing the disk format directly! :-) > > Luxury! > > Why, I remember installing Ultrix on a non-DEC drive using only > my bare hands and "dd"... Yeah, and? That's _how_ Ultrix is installed. Just try remembering which Dectape the file you want is on (or how to rewind a TK50 before you've got 'mt' off it 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[