first unix experiences / was Re: [cctalk] Re: An IRIX time capsule...

I think it was actually NeXTStep 1.0. A smidgen of TOPS-10 early, some punch-cards on a Cyber ???, a lot of RSX-11M, smidigin of CP/M, lots of TRS-DOS and then Mac OS, some HP-DOS, a smidgin of MVS/VM, possibly just a login onto a Sun workstation, but I really settled in and worked Unix (to run Mathematica, mostly) on the NeXT or on my serial connection to it via my DEC Rainbow. I'm discounting my "use" of the mail server functionality, since about all I ever saw was the mail client, but SunOS/mail may predate the NeXTStep. -- - Mark 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.