It was a privilege sharing my UNIX system with Doug McIlroy!

He setup an account for himself. Having used these tools from the start, it came naturally, but he was accustomed to later versions of ed that allow omitting the closing slashes and the later passwd format.

Here was his session:
https://github.com/thaliaarchi/unix-v4-demo/blob/main/logs/dc1.log#L3439-L3705

#unix #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Oooops! Did i just book a VM with @OpenBSDAms in time for #EuroBSDcon2026 in #Brussels? I've never been to #Amsterdam or vmd(8) before! I'm thrilled!

#OpenBSD #RunBSD

Forbrukerrådet inviterer til lunch foredrag om Tingenens Bedritne Tilstand i EDB verdenen, den 27.02 på #Kulturhuset i #Oslo. @pluralistic deltar på videolink. #HvaSkjer #Enshittification #NorskTut #Allheimen https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/digital/seminar-og-lansering-av-rapport-om-enshittification/

While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973

Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition

We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum

#retrocomputing

Distributed file system on OpenBSD using FUSE and Elixir by @robertkeizer #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #Elixir #Erlang #FUSE

Volse Computing presents OpenJDK on FreeBSD with @harald #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenSource #OpenJDK #Java

Sticker cuteness #Stickers #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025

How commit messages may trigger conspiracy nutters! The UK #Covid19 tracking app. #EBC25 #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #EuroBSDcon #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenSource #NHS

Part from the #ZFS and #FreeBSD tutorials, the second most interesting thing I learned from Benedict Reuschling, was that in #Germany you need a license to operate a ladder. I wish I had one. #Fracture #Xray #Hand

A bug!!! Provost & Reuschling reaching for the swatter! #Hackathon #FreeBSD #RunBSD #Oslo 🪰🪰🪰

cccccdffeckh23934602 #OpenBSD #BSDRUN #Yubikey

«Computers don’t think» - Still a valid point. #RetroComputing #IBM #Mainframe

https://youtu.be/q-gpM-KfVng?si=cMcZ98DVF2nwxaeN

Ouch! I think it may have been Firefox. At least all the corrupted files found during the subsequent manual fsck was under .mozilla #OpenBSD #KernelPanic #Crash #RUNBSD

Same, same but different… Young operating system boys look all the same nowadays… #Linux #OpenBSD

There's two standard packages on my install list.... because I'm still 7 years old in my head

$ doas pkg install xteddy sl

#Xorg #UNIX #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

Groffing around in #Dublin #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2024

Ah finally! What a beautiful desktop! CDE failed compiling on my OpenBSD 7.5 so I went for NsCDE instead. #Desktop #OpenBSD #CDE #NsCDE #RetroComputing #UNIX