On Wed, 2016-04-27 at 15:39 -0700, JJB wrote: > On 04/27/16 15:18, Chris Adams wrote: > > Once upon a time, JJB <jack at internetguy.net> said: > >> Interesting. Back in 1980 we called /bin/sh the Mashey shell. It > >> did not have command substitution or other things we now take for > >> granted. Bourne did that for us. So there's a version or two > >> missing in history... > > Check the history here: > > > > https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo > > > > This history might be that of a particular lineage. CB UNIX and PWB > UNIX existed in the gap between 1975 and 1979. PWB is the one I started with back in '77ish. Running on Dec 11/70. When SCO's Unix, which had an IBM-compatible Cobol compiler available, became available I installed on PC and over time converted our Cobol development folks to compile, debug, test on the PCs and then install on mainframe through the PDP 11/70 emulating 3270 terminal into mainframe, IIRC. Maybe by then it was a VAX 11/780. When Bourne's shell came around it was a big boost for me - added a lot. > <snip> Bill