Post ASEKGdx88MF3QORE0W by Toonces@mastodon.lol
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 (DIR) Post #ASEKGdx88MF3QORE0W by Toonces@mastodon.lol
       2023-01-31T00:13:18Z
       
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       Boost this if you ever had to manage naming your computer files using only eight characters, plus the three character extension.#eightdotthree
       
 (DIR) Post #ASEKv25Bq2WPqVT1DE by vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-02-01T08:41:54Z
       
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       @Toonces Heck yeah, because 6.3 wasn't enough. Really, it was 6.3 on PDP-11's, back when we chiselled the CPU from blocks of silicon with bronze tools.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASG0wdX7THu6X1nJaK by resuna@libranet.de
       2023-02-01T13:15:21Z
       
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       On the PDP-11 you only had 0-9, A-Z, $, and % or @ because it was RAD50 instead of ASCII.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASG0weOeGGipD2q41I by vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-02-02T04:07:32Z
       
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       @resuna I was a juvenile primate at the time. Thought it was cool to write programs that created readable text on the punched paper tape...@Toonces