[net.unix-wizar] S.P.O.O.L. or spool?

hbb (04/19/83)

It has been suggested that the term (verb?) "spool" may actually be
an acronym of a more flamboyant title. The origin may have been from
IBM-land. 

Does anyone know what it is and from where it originated. I would 
appreciate the information.

Sincerely,
Harlan Braude
P.S. Someone suggested this partial possibility:
	Syncronous
	Printer
	Operating
	On
	Line

brianm (04/28/83)

Simultaneous Peripheral Operation OnLine

Brian Martin
Microcomputer Development Products
Tektronix, Inc.
Aloha, Oregon