On this day in 1986 a momentous happening occured:<\/p>\n
The SEND command was removed from use on the original EUCLID system by
\nUniversity College Computer Centre.<\/p>\n
The SEND command was used greatly by the undergraduate community via the
\nMISC.YAP and POOL.GOODYAP talking programs and it was a hard blow to us
\nhacker types.<\/p>\n
So, independently, Alec and I wrote within the day basic replacements for
\nthe talking programs which no-longer worked. I produced POOL.CONVERSE and
\nAlec POOL.CONFLAB. Subsiquent to this first day, we got together, along with
\nRobert Newson and made our programs work together. The final upshot of this
\nwas the development of Bullet about 18 months afterward (after much talking
\nin the Pi office.).<\/p>\n
So celebrate and make merry!<\/p>\n
This was previously posted in the notices folder on Bullet earlier this afternoon.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On this day in 1986 a momentous happening occured: The SEND command was removed from use on the original EUCLID system by University College Computer Centre. The SEND command was used greatly by the undergraduate community via the MISC.YAP and … Continue reading