Re: [expert] OT: Perfect operating system

[Pj]

I won't deny my memory is not what it used to be. Cat did get one of the
first main frames. I was trained to type the cards-which I hated. It was
after this time period that Cat got the it. 

Now my curiosity is aroused. I will have to inquire as to the date. If I
can remember. 

Pj

Deryk Barker wrote:
> 
> Thus spake Pj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> 
> > I remember when Caterpillar got their first main-frame in the early
> > 60's. I don't remember if it was fed *key punch* cards or not, but a
> > friend programed it to play chess. I have no idea about the OS.. maybe some form 
>of UNIX.
> 
> Not in the early 60s it wasn't. Multics went live in 1969 and Unix
> wasn't begun until bell Labs pulled out of the project, later that
> year IIRC.
> 
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