[ On Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 00:26:25 (+0100), Johnny Billquist wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Creeping PCism...
>
> > I was using ^H as the default for erase for a good three years before
> > the damn PC was ever even invented, perhaps even longer on non-unix
> > systems.
> 
> Which systems, if I may ask?
> I know that DG was a little perverted, but I can guarantee that you didn't
> use BS on any DEC OS...

Multics, for one, though IIRC it depended on the terminal, just as with Unix.

Also many true "personal computers" -- i.e. the ones that came long
before the IBM-PC.  Some were running NorthStar DOS.  One, a Sol-20, was
running the UCSD "p" system.

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