[TUHS] UNIX of choice these days?

Wesley Parish wes.parish at paradise.net.nz
Tue Sep 26 10:42:43 AEST 2017


Yes. I thought it made a lot of sense. 

Quoting Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at>:

> Wesley Parish <wes.parish at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > I once thought of developing a computer where everything from the
> core
> > functions to the peripherals was a network node. In effect replacing
> the
> > bus. I found references to a Cambridge U (UK) computer system that
> > purported to do just that but couldn't find any more info on it.
> 
> The Desk Area Network, perhaps?
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/dan.html
> 
> Tony.
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