[TUHS] Who said ...

ron minnich rminnich at gmail.com
Thu Sep 2 06:04:44 AEST 2021


It's coming back slowly. It was in response to problems with a dh11. DEC
engineer:"did you run diagnostics." Response: as quoted.

The other one: DEC engineer: "dh11 can run at a megabit". Response: "in a
good wind. "

Same person, vague memory is Mike O'Dell? Is that name right?

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 1:00 PM ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> wrote:

> I first heard it at usenix 1980.
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 10:52 AM Lawrence Stewart <stewart at serissa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Or JCL “It’s as easy to read one file as it is to read 1000 files."
>>
>> On 2021, Sep 1, at 12:42 PM, Tom Lyon via TUHS <tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Another fun saying about TSO: "It may be slow, but it's hard to use."
>>
>> Not sure the origin.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:10 AM Ron Natalie <ron at ronnatalie.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >...
>>> >       DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
>>> >
>>> >?
>>> >
>>> >Anyone remember and/or know?
>>> >
>>> I believe this was Mike Muuss and he used the term "dead whale" in
>>> deference to the TSO comment.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> - Tom
>>
>>
>>
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