Eh at least in Hyderabad the DoT run ISP (hd2.dot.net.in) had a menu option that took you straight to a korn shell
--srs (iPad) On 09-Jun-2013, at 12:51, Badri Natarajan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9 Jun 2013, at 06:01, Indrajit Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> But there was an entirely different side to my relations with Atul as well. >> I got to know him when I started using a small editor that he and some >> friends had built, and which was floating around in shareware form. It was >> accidental that I found a place to work opposite the block from his house >> and his residence, and got to meet him almost as accidentally, and it was >> comical to see his expression when I dug into my rather bare pocket to pay >> him the measly sum that they were charging for the editor. Those rare visits >> were very nice. The great man actually had a very efficient support system >> working for him. Apart from KK, there was an indefatigable and >> rarely-to-be-seen on line Geetanjali, and an adorable muppet who stole >> hearts effortlessly. That was in 1987, some - dear Lord! - twenty six years >> ago, and the muppet must be a poised young woman mourning her father. And he >> was a great man, one to mourn, never mind the strong views and inflexible >> stands > > I wasn't in touch with him since the 90s, but I still remember how helpful he > was to me as a teenager struggling to come to grips with this whole "online" > thing at CiX.. > > I also remember a surprise phone call once at home from him, telling me how > to trick the dreaded VSNL GIAS system into giving me a shell prompt (at the > time, that was a bit like the holy grail..).. > > >
