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Neal is pretty hard on the MGB, I had one of those. It was a fun to drive British roadster. It did require maintenance, but that could be done by me. Nothing fancy. I guess we're contemporaries. He describes batch programming, teletypes, etc. exactly as I remember them. He does tend to get a little carried away when he goes into lecture mode, though. I mean how many times do I have to hear someone reiterate the obvious in order to fill up pages. I was THERE, man. If you weren't, you should read it. It will tell you far more about Neal Stephenson than it will about OS design, but there are a few nuggets there. I've read most of his fiction. He's literate. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
