On 1/31/2022 11:01 AM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
It seems clear it was used in memory well before HDDs but when it got
started there is unclear.
* IBM PC DOS v2 was an early user in 1983 with FDISK and its first PC
support of HDDs
* UNIX, Apple OS's and IBM mainframe all seem to come lat
> Back in the bad old days of the 5160 PC, some DTC controllers allowed for
> partitioning a drive (using witch settings)
I think "witch settings" is my new preferred term for this. They're
certainly mysterious and arcane enough.
> On Feb 2, 2022, at 1:20 PM, John Ames via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> Back in the bad old days of the 5160 PC, some DTC controllers allowed for
>> partitioning a drive (using witch settings)
> I think "witch settings" is my new preferred term for this. They're
> certainly mysterious and arcane en
On 2/2/22 12:30, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Nice. It would be a good term to apply to VMS SYSGEN parameters that are documented as
having units "microfortnights".
A footnote in the system config guide noted that ufortnights
would be approximated at one second.
Jon
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 18:46:46 -0500
From: Bob Smith
Subject: Re: KMC11/DMC11 folllow up
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Yes! thank you! Nice, smart, and did good work despite the magateer, I
mean marketing dweeb.
I lost track of Harvey, Bob wen ont to start a compa
