Welcome to the Dorje computer folklore archive

This is just a list of files containing information that I've collected off USENET news from '85 until '95. Nearly all of this information was culled from alt.folklore.computers. NOTE: These filenames are a bit arbitrary. A brief description of each file's contents is included.

• acn.articles (45k) - descriptions to be added later
  
• analog (6k) -
  
• april-fools (4k) -
  
• coke.machines (31k) -
  
• comp.development (48k) -
  
• comp.firsts (6k) -
  
• comp.museum (5k) -
  
• comp.related.humor (21k) -
  
• comp.what.ifs (29k) -
  
• core.memory (6k) -
  
• data.sys (18k) -
  
• dec.story (1k) -
  
• disk.walking (13k) -
  
• drucker.talk (5k) -
  
• eniac (5k) -
  
• faq.comp.folklore (91k) -
  
• faq.urban.folklore (90k) -
  
• fubar (6k) -
  
• hist.advent (15k) -
  
• hist.arpa (97k) -
  
• hist.bell-labs (23k) -
  
• hist.burroughs (4k) -
  
• hist.c++ (6k) -
  
• hist.email (9k) -
  
• hist.eniac> (3k) -
  
• hist.games (43k) -
  
• hist.ibm (11k) - Some information about the first IBM computers.
  
• hist.internet (4k) - Some information about the operating systems that birthed the Internet.
  
• hist.multics (14k) - The history of the Honeywell Multics system at Oakland University.
  
• hist.pdp (6k) - The history of the DEC PDP systems, including production figures.
  
• hist.sail (14k) - The history of the infamous SAIL (written in first person).
  
• hist.sendmail (16k) - The history of the sendmail mail transport agent. This is an interview with Eric Allman.
  
• hist.tops (13k) - The history of the DEC TOPS system.
  
• hist.unisys (56k) - The history of Unisys Corporation.
  
• hist.univac (2k) - The history of the Univac computer.
  
• hist.unix (90k) - The history of the unix operating system.
  
• hist.unix.tools (72k) - The history of unix tools and their impact on the Internet. By Ronda Hauben.
  
• hist.usenet (118k) - The history of the USENET (and the ARPAnet before that).
  
• hist.zork (46k) - The history of the game Zork (AKA Dungeon).
  
• killer.bounce (6k) - An example of a really bad bounced email.
  
• kremvax.posting (20k) - The original "kremvax" April Fools posting from '84.
  
• lod.stuff (47k) - Some info about the famed "Legion of Doom" group of hackers/crackers.
  
• mashey.sh (13k) - The description of an alternative unix shell.
  
• net-book.tar.gz (200k) - A book about the history of the net. Its big. Its also an old version.
  
• net.legends (255k) - A compliation from '94 of various notable people from usenet.
  
• octal (20k) - Some opinions about the octal number system and its relation to computers.
  
• old.iron.at.home (47k) - Some sotires about people with old mainframes at home. (Survey is circa '93)
  
• old.machine1 (15k) - Deails about old computers.
  
• old.machine2 (9k) - More information about old computers.
  
• old.machine3 (1k) - Even more information about old computers.
  
• old.machine4 (23k) - Yup, even more information about old computers.
  
• old.pc (3k) - Details about the old Elf II computer.
  
• paging.game (6k) - Details about a game that can be played to explain the concept of paging.
  
• pdp (8k) - Some background on the "PDP" name for early DEC systems.
  
• prt.music (10k) - Some anecdotes about playing music on old line printers.
  
• scratch.monkey (5k) - The "truth" about the Scratch Monkey story.
  
• shergold (6k) - The "truth" about the Craig Shergold perpetual plea.
  
• software (8k) - An article by Vadim Antonov on software design.
  
• soviet.comps (3k) - Some info from Vadim Antonov on Soviet computers.
  
• the.tricks (81k) - Nasty unix tricks. Use these at your own risk!
  
• toy.computers (39k) - A list of some of the first toy computers like the Cardiac and Digicomp.
  
• turning.mach (4k) - An explanation of the Turing machine.
  
• unix.disaster (9k) - An amazing tale of a unix "ooppps" and the recover which follows.