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"paradigm" vs "hacker" (1 reply, 12/15/89)

A Visit from Saint Woz (1 reply, 12/16/89)

Multi-button mice (0 replies, 12/19/89)

Bucky bits (1 reply, 12/20/89)

Problem in Turbo Pascal 4.0 (1 reply, 01/04/90)

History of the term ACU (0 replies, 01/11/90)

PDP-11 chronology (0 replies, 01/16/90)

Editors in general (0 replies, 01/16/90)

PL/I (0 replies, 01/17/90)

Commodore PET BASIC (0 replies, 01/17/90)

notable computer stories in fiction and the media (1 reply, 01/17/90)

BBC micro (3 replies, 01/17/90)

rm * (2 replies, 01/17/90)

PDP's, InterData, Burroughs B1700 (0 replies, 01/18/90)

How to synthetically program a hp41 (1 reply, 01/18/90)

More secret messages (7 replies, 01/18/90)

Evil Programs (1 reply, 01/18/90)

Computer folklore: a study (0 replies, 01/18/90)

MatLab Perversions (0 replies, 01/18/90)

One swift kick cures all (1 reply, 01/18/90)

At Last! The voice of Reason! (10 replies, 01/18/90)

Apple IIe/c stories... (1 reply, 01/19/90)

Another secret message (3 replies, 01/19/90)

Beagle Bros...Where are they? (0 replies, 01/19/90)

Unsubstantiated VAX rumors (1 reply, 01/19/90)

Beag. Bros. Not really folklore (0 replies, 01/19/90)

MINC-11 (0 replies, 01/19/90)

non-volatile core memory (4 replies, 01/19/90)

fun with PDP-8's (0 replies, 01/19/90)

THE TV Quiz #3 (1 reply, 01/19/90)

Hitting the Fan (1 reply, 01/20/90)

Write Only Memory datasheet (2 replies, 01/20/90)

TECO on a DEC-System 10 (14 replies, 01/20/90)

GNU Emacs emacs.names (1 reply, 01/20/90)

Lights on Burroughs machines (9 replies, 01/20/90)

Burroughs quirks, was Re: Lights on Burroughs machines (0 replies, 01/20/90)

XYZZY (5 replies, 01/20/90)

Emacs (9 replies, 01/20/90)

GnuEmacs 18.55 'Doctor Fill' mode (0 replies, 02/09/90)

problems/risks due to programming language, stories requested (0 replies, 02/24/90)

Rules prohibiting "games" and screwing around. (0 replies, 03/07/90)

compoundNames (2 replies, 03/30/90)

Messages about gender and technology (0 replies, 04/10/90)

The infamous JARGON FILE is being revised -- send us your slang (0 replies, 04/13/90)

INTERCAL (0 replies, 05/05/90)

C-INTERCAL progress report (0 replies, 05/07/90)

APL Cartoon - Reference Needed (0 replies, 05/08/90)

S100 boxes (0 replies, 05/25/90)

Why IBM went for the 8088 -- The Untold Story (7 replies, 05/29/90)

Old (1 reply, 05/30/90)

songs about UNIX? (0 replies, 05/30/90)

Why Lisp? (3 replies, 05/31/90)

Int'l Character set (2 replies, 06/02/90)

Zork question (0 replies, 06/02/90)

Int'n Character Set (0 replies, 06/05/90)

Books... (0 replies, 06/05/90)

Arpanet Wake (0 replies, 06/06/90)

filename separators and option indicators (9 replies, 06/06/90)

HP2114B info (0 replies, 06/11/90)

multilanguage programs (0 replies, 06/16/90)

Call for Papers: The Hacker's Hymmnal (1 reply, 06/16/90)

Info request: Televideo terminals (0 replies, 06/27/90)

Selecting a Programming Language Made Easy (1 reply, 07/03/90)

core wars (0 replies, 07/07/90)

Info request: Apple daisy wheel printer (0 replies, 07/10/90)

Help! Novation 4000 series 1200 baud modem. (0 replies, 07/11/90)

core wars followup (0 replies, 07/12/90)

Another Legend Passes (1 reply, 07/20/90)

Looking for DCJ-11 Chipset (2 replies, 07/21/90)

FS, S/38 and AS400 (0 replies, 07/26/90)

Intercal info wanted (0 replies, 07/28/90)

Most perverse fortran statement contest (0 replies, 08/02/90)

Internationalization anecdotes wanted (0 replies, 08/07/90)

FUBAR: Undefined variable. (0 replies, 08/08/90)

Stupid users (4 replies, 08/09/90)

Xerox Alto II disk drive (0 replies, 08/14/90)

Tektronix 4025 speed question (2 replies, 08/16/90)

Can anyone help me get "Fire in the Valley" (0 replies, 08/17/90)

Feedback on Computer Crime (27 replies, 08/18/90)

Does anybody still remember CHIP-8? (0 replies, 08/22/90)

Assembly language to C translation ? (0 replies, 09/06/90)

Feedback on Computer Crime - Apology (40 replies, 09/06/90)

Software Archeology (0 replies, 09/10/90)

Maintenance of sockets, cards, etc.. (0 replies, 09/11/90)

doc pointers - wini, JEDEC PAL (0 replies, 09/13/90)

Story (0 replies, 09/21/90)

Worst error messages of all time. (0 replies, 09/22/90)

FILES: Origin of MAC forked files ? (0 replies, 09/26/90)

FILESYSTEMS: Origin of Mac's data/resource 'forked' files ? (0 replies, 09/26/90)

Pascal Source for APL Interpreter--Want Info (1 reply, 10/03/90)

Real Programmers (0 replies, 10/04/90)

NeXT DSP for phone calls (0 replies, 10/04/90)

1620 (0 replies, 10/09/90)

Looking for a really odd computer (1 reply, 10/10/90)

Trivia Question (0 replies, 10/22/90)

Need info for an S-100 bus system (13 replies, 10/24/90)

landscape bitmapped screens (0 replies, 10/25/90)

Perq (2 replies, 10/26/90)

Is it really worth it? (0 replies, 10/26/90)

Internet: The origins (12 replies, 10/28/90)

Joan Riff was:Need info for an S-100 bus system (2 replies, 10/28/90)

Joan Riff and Z80M (3 replies, 10/29/90)

Humor in HP-UX! (0 replies, 11/03/90)

unknown VT100 graphics-board (2 replies, 11/09/90)

"The Devouring Fungus" at a bookstore near you (1 reply, 11/13/90)

GENERAL WARNING (9 replies, 11/20/90)

Early microcomputer networks (15 replies, 11/26/90)

seeking cartoons dealing with computers (0 replies, 11/27/90)

Floating-point formats (1 reply, 11/28/90)

The jargon file version 2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 follows in 6 parts (0 replies, 11/29/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 2 of 6 (0 replies, 11/29/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 3 of 6 (0 replies, 11/29/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 4 of 6 (0 replies, 11/29/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 6 of 6 (3 replies, 12/02/90)

Hardware Architectures and I/O (4 replies, 12/05/90)

STONED virus (5 replies, 12/05/90)

Why my stack grew up and this was wrong (0 replies, 12/05/90)

vaxocentrism -- please help me define it for the Jargon File (0 replies, 12/06/90)

TECO (3 replies, 12/06/90)

DEC WARS? (0 replies, 12/06/90)

Convenience and Regret (0 replies, 12/07/90)

Jargon File Addition (0 replies, 12/07/90)

Popular response to the Jargon File 2.1.5... (4 replies, 12/08/90)

usage examples for the word "quux" (0 replies, 12/08/90)

Grace Hopper and The Bug (1 reply, 12/08/90)

MULTICS and the Jargon File (19 replies, 12/09/90)

AI koans? (0 replies, 12/09/90)

Upcoming Jargon File 2.2.1 release (0 replies, 12/10/90)

Followup to `Jargon File Editorial Philosophy' (0 replies, 12/10/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 1 of 6 (13 replies, 12/10/90)

One True Unix (1 reply, 12/11/90)

Coding in lowercase - references? (10 replies, 12/12/90)

Multics bloat??? Are you sure??? (3 replies, 12/12/90)

Jargon file v2.1.5 28 NOV 1990 -- part 5 of 6 (18 replies, 12/14/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 1 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 2 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 3 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 4 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 5 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 6 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 7 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 8 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 9 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

The Jargon File v2.2.1 15 DEC 1990, part 10 of 10 (0 replies, 12/16/90)

DEC WARS/UNIX WARS request... (0 replies, 12/19/90)

What's Amoeba? (4 replies, 12/19/90)

The term Bug (7 replies, 12/20/90)

Jargon file 2.2.1 typos (1 reply, 12/20/90)

The jargon file version 2.2.1 15 DEC 1990 follows in 10 parts (1 reply, 12/20/90)

VTEDIT macro for TECO32 wanted (1 reply, 12/21/90)

the jargon file (7 replies, 12/21/90)

Jargon File Editorial Philosophy (27 replies, 12/21/90)

An Open Letter to the ITS Community (1 reply, 12/22/90)

The Computer Museum Annual Fund (0 replies, 12/23/90)

Questions needed for The 1991 Computer Bowl! (0 replies, 12/23/90)

Response to Mark Crispin, proffering an olive branch (0 replies, 12/27/90)

Exegesis of EGREG (0 replies, 12/29/90)

SCO UNIX <REPLACES> VMS and ULTRIX on new DEC product line (2 replies, 12/29/90)

^ considered mysterious (0 replies, 01/01/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 1 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 2 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 3 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 4 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 5 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 6 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 7 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 8 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 9 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 10 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The Jargon File v2.3.1 03 JAN 1991, part 11 of 11 (0 replies, 01/04/91)

Monthly posting of the jargon file (0 replies, 01/04/91)

The jargon file version 2.3.1 03 JAN 1991 follows in 11 parts (4 replies, 01/05/91)

Tandy 100 ROM (0 replies, 01/07/91)

Levels of wizards/Jargon and other tripe (0 replies, 01/07/91)

jargon file lister/fortune program (0 replies, 01/07/91)

Software Obesity (18 replies, 01/10/91)

Still need questions for The 1991 Computer Bowl! (0 replies, 01/10/91)

Recovering from a first language (0 replies, 01/11/91)

Tinkertoy and Mechanical Computers (4 replies, 01/13/91)

History of Macintalk (0 replies, 01/13/91)

Wanted information about ancient HP system: HP-125 (1 reply, 01/15/91)

Experience repost (0 replies, 01/23/91)

Matrix Layout for MSDOS (0 replies, 01/25/91)

Sord M5 (9 replies, 01/25/91)

Acronym database & lookup tool (0 replies, 01/30/91)

Jargon2Fortune conversion program (0 replies, 01/31/91)

External Sorting (6 replies, 02/01/91)

Acronym lookup tool (1 reply, 02/03/91)

Info on GE-635 (5 replies, 02/03/91)

Curses on the GS (0 replies, 02/03/91)

Acronym database (8 replies, 02/08/91)

Survey: a magazine for DEC users (1 reply, 02/08/91)

IBM S/360-95 Re: R4000 "announcement" (1 reply, 02/09/91)

info on Ampex SMD drive wanted (2 replies, 02/09/91)

Jovial (7 replies, 02/13/91)

wanted: info on CDC Phoenix SMD drive (0 replies, 02/13/91)

newline indicator (0 replies, 02/14/91)

APL\360 Computers (4 replies, 02/15/91)

Filemgr questions (0 replies, 02/16/91)

Fairchild F8 info needed (0 replies, 02/23/91)

Braindamaged architectures (0 replies, 02/25/91)

A weird error message (1 reply, 02/26/91)

The Jargon File version has been released (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 1 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 2 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 3 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 4 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 5 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 6 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 7 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 8 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 9 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 10 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 11 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 12 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 13 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 14 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 15 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 16 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

The Jargon File v, part 17 of 17 (0 replies, 03/03/91)

UUCP for DEC RSX-11 (0 replies, 03/04/91)

GNU Emacs: Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster of all editors (1 reply, 03/08/91)

Jargon File Version is 2.7.1 (15 replies, 03/13/91)

Jargon File distribution -- policy query (1 reply, 03/15/91)

External RAM-disk (1 reply, 03/19/91)

The Jargon File version 2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991 has been released (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 1 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 2 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 3 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 5 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 6 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 7 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 8 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 9 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 10 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 11 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 12 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 13 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 14 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 15 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 16 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 17 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 18 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 19 of 19 (0 replies, 03/23/91)

Jargon File 2.8.2 --- official patch (0 replies, 03/24/91)

A polyglot program (2 replies, 03/25/91)

Jargon File, official patch to level 2.8.3 (0 replies, 03/26/91)

How do you make your UNIX crash ??? (1 reply, 03/26/91)

Jargon File Distribution -- an explanation for the simple (0 replies, 03/26/91)

The Jargon File -- more, please (0 replies, 03/27/91)

Fed up with this jargon debate... (1 reply, 03/28/91)

Jargon is costing MONEY. Use diffs. (5 replies, 03/29/91)

comp.society.folklore has passed... (0 replies, 03/30/91)

Rumors of Mabel's Death have been greatly exaggerated... (1 reply, 03/30/91)

Apologies to all fans of Mabel! (0 replies, 03/31/91)

The Jargon File Re: Re: Re: Re: Respect (9 replies, 03/31/91)

The Jargon File -- an apologia (12 replies, 04/02/91)

The Jargon File v2.8.1, 22 MAR 1991, part 4 of 19 (11 replies, 04/05/91)

Welcome to the All-New All-Better Alt.Fan.Warlord (0 replies, 04/05/91)

The 1991 Computer Bowl! (1 reply, 04/06/91)

"Invalid null command" (3 replies, 04/07/91)

Xerox 9700 (0 replies, 04/09/91)

difference between c++; and ++c; (0 replies, 04/17/91)

anybody *need* a Dec-10/20? (0 replies, 04/27/91)

About the variable 'I' (0 replies, 04/29/91)

Why not Multics? (0 replies, 05/01/91)

A portrait of the TeX novice/user/hacker/... (13 replies, 05/01/91)

Worst keyboard of all time (0 replies, 05/15/91)

Text? (0 replies, 05/28/91)

Reading a keystroke w/o echo (0 replies, 05/28/91)

Pneumatic computers (1 reply, 05/28/91)

So, anyone got an imitation Multics 'memo' command? (9 replies, 06/04/91)

RFD: comp.sys.prime (0 replies, 06/07/91)

BCPL (0 replies, 06/11/91)

Vax history (0 replies, 06/12/91)

Tandy-specific interrupt calls (0 replies, 06/15/91)

XDS940 computer (16 replies, 06/18/91)

DS HD floppies (0 replies, 06/21/91)

Any PDP/11 experts out there? (10 replies, 06/22/91)

Wanted: ZORK for Atari ST (0 replies, 06/24/91)

Write-only languages (0 replies, 06/25/91)

info wanted on 'old' diskdrive (1 reply, 06/25/91)

LANIER Terminal (0 replies, 06/26/91)

NEED PS-2 high density floppy drive connector pin out (1 reply, 06/26/91)

Beautiful side-effects! (3 replies, 06/30/91)