Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-25 Thread Evans, Kevin R
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Douglas Wooster Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:32 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version I always liked doing my own keypunching -- and I can **still** code better if I scribble

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-25 Thread Mark Perry
Evans, Kevin R wrote: Well, for sure, some things stand out more when you look at the code on paper. Sometimes, scrolling up and down on a screen tends to obfuscate the code. This is more so (at least for me) with assembler code (which I'll admit to not knowing as well as C). Code? We had hex

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread Robin Atwood
On Thursday 21 Aug 2008, John Summerfield wrote: Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? MFT? There was something called PCP that predated MFT but I am happy to say I never worked on it! :D See:

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread John Summerfield
Robin Atwood wrote: On Thursday 21 Aug 2008, John Summerfield wrote: Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? MFT? There was something called PCP that predated MFT but I am happy to say I never worked on it! :D See:

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread John Summerfield
Mark Perry wrote: Evans, Kevin R wrote: This is getting like Monty Python g. One guy says When we were young, we used to eat the leather from our shoes. The other guy says You had shoes?. OS/360 - some of you guys make me feel young, thanks ;-) You must be around 60, either that or your

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread Evans, Kevin R
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:39 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Mark Perry wrote: Evans, Kevin R wrote: This is getting like Monty Python g. One guy says When we were young, we used to eat

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread Evans, Kevin R
Didn't you mean that someone else could make punching mistakes for you? Kevin -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:39 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-22 Thread Douglas Wooster
I always liked doing my own keypunching -- and I can **still** code better if I scribble the corrections on a fanfold listing! (multiprocessing: two 360-30's with 14KB (!) DOS supervisors which everybody said was too big) Douglas Re: [LINUX-390] Distribution ages, was: Linux version

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? K -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Cox Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:46 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Mark Perry
Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? K And those of us who have worked on it too ;-) mark -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
Very true. I was feeling fine until you made me feel old this morning g. K -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Perry Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:25 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
Of Evans, Kevin R Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 7:41 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Very true. I was feeling fine until you made me feel old this morning g. K -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread John Summerfield
Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? MFT? -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
Yeppers. K -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:59 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Evans, Kevin R wrote: Kinda makes one realize how long z/OS (or its ancestors) has been around, doesn't it? MFT? -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version OS/VS1? Lea Stahr zVM, Linux and zLinux Administrator Navistar, Inc. 630-753-5445 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evans, Kevin R Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:06 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Nah, MFT and I don't even remember what release CICS

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:11 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version MFT, MVT, then VS1.I was DOS/VS. Installed CICS 1.0 macro level to replace BTAM stuff like 40407F7F2DOLDER THAN THE HILLS. My new 360/30 had a DISK drive (no more TOS

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Stahr, Lea
] -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evans, Kevin R Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:34 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version Mine was 360/50 and a 360/30. When the 30 was replaced with a 2nd 50

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Evans, Kevin R Mine was 360/50 and a 360/30. When the 30 was replaced with a 2nd 50, we ran the 30 for about a month outside of the computer room (with no air conditioning other than opening the windows) with IBMs blessing.

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
:38 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version We had a check 13 pocket sorter that was connected to a printer that printed tapes. When the pocket filled, you pulled the tape and banded it to the checks. (1968) Our primary system was a card only 1401G. Lea

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Evans, Kevin R
I'd like to sit in a tower and tell some people where to go g today. K -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Mark Post
On 8/20/2008 at 12:26 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- I'd question that on all sorts of grounds. For one I'm very sure Debian is much much newer than Slackware. Slackware is *old* - really old. You're right, although depending on how you measure age

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread John Summerfield
] On Behalf Of Stahr, Lea Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:46 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version OS/VS1? VS1=MFT+VS I should have mentioned PCP. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Advice http://webfoot.com

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread John Summerfield
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version MFT, MVT, then VS1.I was DOS/VS. Installed CICS 1.0 macro level to replace BTAM stuff like 40407F7F2DOLDER THAN THE HILLS. My new 360/30 had a DISK drive (no more TOS). DFHPCT, DFHPPT, DFHFCT, DFHTCT etc in CICS. We had a very buggy

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-21 Thread Mark Perry
Evans, Kevin R wrote: This is getting like Monty Python g. One guy says When we were young, we used to eat the leather from our shoes. The other guy says You had shoes?. OS/360 - some of you guys make me feel young, thanks ;-) You must be around 60, either that or your systems were old at

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Mark Post
On 8/20/2008 at 2:44 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Summerfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- I may be wrong, but I think Slackware predates the other current distros. See http://lwn.net/Distributions/ Slackware is the oldest surviving _commercial_ Linux distribution. Debian is

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Cox
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:05:50 -0600 Mark Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/20/2008 at 2:44 AM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Summerfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- I may be wrong, but I think Slackware predates the other current distros. See http://lwn.net/Distributions/

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Stephen Frazier
I don't know when any of the other distributions started but Debian is having a 15th birthday party in many locations this month. Debian turns 15 On 16 August 1993 Ian Murdock [1]announced a new Linux distribution named Debian. 15 years later the project started by him is the biggest Linux

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Cox
1: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development/msg/a32d4e2ef3bcdcc6 2: http://www.knoppix.net 3: http://www.skolelinux.org 4: http://www.ubuntu.com/ Now if anyone has some dates of when they were started for Slackware, SuSE, or RedHat we can know which is the

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Ploetz
Alan Cox wrote: 1: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development/msg/a32d4e2ef3bcdcc6 2: http://www.knoppix.net 3: http://www.skolelinux.org 4: http://www.ubuntu.com/ Now if anyone has some dates of when they were started for Slackware, SuSE, or RedHat we can know

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Alan Cox
Red Hat trundles along in 1994. Check out http://futurist.se/gldt/ I've seen it - its inaccurate in many places and missing key distributions that form the links - eg BOGUS. -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff /

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread John Summerfield
Alan Cox wrote: Red Hat trundles along in 1994. Check out http://futurist.se/gldt/ I've seen it - its inaccurate in many places and missing key distributions that form the links - eg BOGUS. One distro I've not seen mentioned yet is Brutal. I't's not _that_ old, but on seeing its

Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

2008-08-20 Thread Mark Post
On 8/20/2008 at 6:11 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -snip- I've seen it - its inaccurate in many places and missing key distributions that form the links - eg BOGUS. The June 21, 2007 version lists BOGUS. When was the last time you looked? Perhaps