[TUHS] pseudo tty history

[Al Kossow]

On 8/16/25 6:13 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 8/16/25 6:05 PM, Larry McVoy wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 08:21:30PM -0400, Aron Insinga wrote:
>>> The PDP-6 had a sign on it that said something like "This machine
>>> is old and flaky so don't touch it unless you know what you are doing."
>>
>> Wasn't there a PDP-<something> at MIT, I think, that had a switch labeled
>> "magic" and "more magic" that had wires that went nowhere but it only
>> worked when set to "more magic"?  I'm sure I have the details wrong but
>> I have a pretty strong memory of that.  Anyone able to confirm?
>>
> 
> https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/1232
> 
> the switch still exists
> 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0nVBpclIE