Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 11:09:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: stephen@dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: editors Message-ID: <199605250139.LAA19046@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605242000.NAA01650@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at May 24, 96 01:00:24 pm
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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 [[
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