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Happy DEC-20 Day!

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From: news@alderson.users.panix.com (Rich Alderson)
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by: Rich Alderson - Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:04 UTC

Happy DEC-20 Day!

As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
ran) was a great improvement on its successors.

Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
celebrate it.

--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Tnyra

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by: LucLan - Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:20 UTC

On 20.12.2023 20:04, Rich Alderson wrote:
> Happy DEC-20 Day!
>
> As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
> ran) was a great improvement on its successors.
>
> Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
> celebrate it.
>
Thank you, same to you.

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by: Charlie Gibbs - Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:00 UTC

On 2023-12-20, Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:

> Happy DEC-20 Day!
>
> As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
> ran) was a great improvement on its successors.

Ah, a favourite saying which I use regularly to this day
for all sorts of things.

> Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
> celebrate it.

Happy Hanukkwanzaamas to all, and Diwali good night.

In only five days we can also celebrate Halloween,
since DEC 25 = OCT 31.

--
/~\ Charlie Gibbs | The Internet is like a big city:
\ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | it has plenty of bright lights and
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | excitement, but also dark alleys
/ \ if you read it the right way. | down which the unwary get mugged.

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by: Kerr-Mudd, John - Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:22 UTC

On 20 Dec 2023 13:04:42 -0500
Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:

> Happy DEC-20 Day!
>
> As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
> ran) was a great improvement on its successors.
>
> Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
> celebrate it.
>
I'm not sure about that; burning virgins isn't a great idea.

I thought /The/ Computer Joke was "Why do programmers celebrate xmas at
halloween" - ans: "because Dec 26 = Oct 31"

Ok there's the main one: "there are 10 types of people, those who know
binary and those who don't". (though already there's an off-by-one error
lurking in there).
--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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by: David Lesher - Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:24 UTC

Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> writes:

> Happy DEC-20 Day!

>As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
>ran) was a great improvement on its successors.

>Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
>celebrate it.

What's that in Octal?

--
A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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by: D.J. - Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:59 UTC

On 20 Dec 2023 13:04:42 -0500, Rich Alderson
<news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
> Happy DEC-20 Day!
>
>As my late friend Mark always noted, TOPS-20 (and the DECSYSTEM-20 on which it
>ran) was a great improvement on its successors.
>
>Wishing you a joyous Winter Solstice Festival, however you may choose to
>celebrate it.

And no jammed card readers allowed.

Happy DEC-20 Day !
--
Jim

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by: D.J. - Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:00 UTC

On 20 Dec 2023 13:04:42 -0500, Rich Alderson
<news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:

> Happy DEC-20 Day!

Happy DEC-20 day !

I posted yesterday, didn't go through I guess. I don't see it.
--
Jim

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by: D.J. - Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:39 UTC

On 20 Dec 2023 13:04:42 -0500, Rich Alderson
<news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:

> Happy DEC-20 Day!

I sent a reply, but I don't see it. I wonder what happened.

Happy Dec-20 Day.
--
Jim

Subject	Author
Happy DEC-20 Day!	Rich Alderson
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	LucLan
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	Charlie Gibbs
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	Kerr-Mudd, John
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	David Lesher
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	D.J.
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	D.J.
Re: Happy DEC-20 Day!	D.J.