[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 Computing Devices Update: Command Not Found

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 9:02 AM Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> wrote:
>
> David Niklas <doark at mail.com> writes:
>
> > https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/command-not-found
> >
> > Dear luke,
> > You didn't need email, you can use wall(1).
>
> That dredges up memories of supporting users (via 1200 baud modem, thus
> occupying the only land line) by communicating via write(1) in each
> direction, which then lead to the memory of the joy of discovering
> talk(1) as a better alternative.

ha, i remember that.  and trying to write a better alternative
(multi-user, tokenring style) as a way to learn c, except i didn't use
select and on trying to kill it, it left a zombie process running at
100% CPU on the SunOS 4.1.3 minicomputer.  as it was during the
inter-term break, i went to see one of the sysadmins in the Imperial
College Dept of Computing to sort it out.  he was later severely told
off for rebooting the machine.

> Thanks for the moment of Proustian nostalgia.  :-)

:)

l.