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Re:PDP-11 Booting by wazoox on Saturday December 11, 2021 @11:28AM (#29522046)
Here is a PDP-11 booting UNix v6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFJL9inunQ
Re:PDP-11 Booting by noisy_boy on Saturday December 11, 2021 @07:41PM (#29525851)
Lot of folks who have only used Linux would be stumped if they see "cd: not found"
Re:PDP-11 Booting by doublepg23 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:33PM (#29526898)
I am confused, where did "cd" come from and why did it replace "chdir"?
Re:PDP-11 Booting by Taniwha on Sunday December 12, 2021 @12:55AM (#29527494)
cd arrived in the v7 Bourne shell, v6's shell was by Ken Thompson (it's just the name of the system call that cd calls)
Re:PDP-11 Booting by Taniwha on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:51PM (#29526958)
heh - always sync twice - almost 40 years later my fingers still do that sometimes when I'm thinking .... (I used to port Unix for a living, early ports were always a tad unstable after that first prompt)
Re:PDP-11 Booting by djweis on Saturday December 11, 2021 @01:13PM (#29522950)
My eyesight is getting worse but is that person typing nude?
Re:PDP-11 Booting by Y_Y on Saturday December 11, 2021 @01:28PM (#29523051)
Certainly not!

He's wearing a watch.

Re:PDP-11 Booting by Tsiklon on Saturday December 11, 2021 @01:33PM (#29523086)
I can see trouser pockets! either that or they're wearing a holster in the nude - which is a whole other ballgame entirely.
Re:PDP-11 Booting by cptnapalm on Saturday December 11, 2021 @02:51PM (#29523699)
Did you really have to use "ballgame"?
Re:PDP-11 Booting by guerrilla on Saturday December 11, 2021 @12:03PM (#29522371)
That thing needs some serious retrobrighting.
Re:PDP-11 Booting by wazoox on Saturday December 11, 2021 @12:24PM (#29522556)
IIRC the VT-100 was naturally more yellow-brown than beige.
Re:PDP-11 Booting by hazeii on Saturday December 11, 2021 @01:13PM (#29522949)
Brand-new they were pretty white (and gray)
Re:PDP-11 Booting by doublepg23 on Saturday December 11, 2021 @10:32PM (#29526892)
Wow, why is this video unlisted?