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Old Iron at Home

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.sys.dec Path: spies!sgiblab!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!crash!ryptyde!scott From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure) Subject: Old Iron at Home Stories (List) Organization: Ryptyde TimeSharing, San Diego, CA Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993...

The Story of Mel

The Story of Mel Source: usenet:utastro!nather, 21 May 1983. Maybe they do now, in this decadent era of Lite beer, hand calculators and “user-friendly” software but back in the Good Old Days, when the term “software” sounded funny and Real...

The Loginataka

(This was originally a Usenet response to some eager newbie questions.) Speak, O Guru: How can I become a Unix Wizard? O, Nobly Born: know that the Way to Wizardhood is long, and winding, and Fraught with Risks. Thou must Attune thyself with the Source, attaining the...
Spaf’s Farewell Letter

Spaf’s Farewell Letter

From news.columbia.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!not-for-mail Fri Apr 30 11:27:16 EDT 1993 Article: 2350 of news.admin.misc Xref: news.columbia.edu news.announce.newusers:595 news.misc:5782 news.admin.misc:2350 news.groups:57071...

Unix Horror Stories

gopher://wiretap.area.com/00/Library/Techdoc/Lore/unixhorr%09%09%2B Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin From: axi0349@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.X. Ivasyuk) Subject: The Unofficial Unix Administration Horror Stories Summary Message-ID: <1992Dec3.162444.14088@ultb.isc.rit.edu>...