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Common AmigaDOS commands

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:00:00 +0000

The Amiga had a command line, or CLI. It was a rather powerful CLI, especially for its time. But there are a number of differences between AmigaDOS and other operating systems you may be familiar with. These are the common

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Origin of CP/M’s PIP command

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:00:58 +0000

CP/M was, as you probably know, the first popular microcomputer operating system. It was good but imperfect, and its cryptic command for copying files, PIP, is often cited as an example. Copy makes sense. Even the Unix equivalent, cp, makes sense–it’s

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What happened to Altavista

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:00:02 +0000

For as long as I can remember, my home page has been about:blank. But for a good chunk of the 1990s, I would have done well to set it to altavista.digital.com. Here’s what happened to Altavista. Most people remember Altavista

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Marketing or Engineering?

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:18:02 +0000

The topic of marketing and engineering came up today. I won’t go into details. I’ll just share what I said about the two, by throwing out a few company names and just a little snippet about each company. Digital Equipment

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