HP3000 model 70 in Australia

[Chuck Guzis]

On 19 Dec 2006 at 12:16, Jay West wrote:

> Also, at least in 2000/Access, there was an additional mechanism besides 
> GET-$xxx (system library), GET-*xxx (group library), and GET-xxx (local 
> catalog)... if correct capabilities were assigned, you could also do 
> GET-xxx.YZZZ (specify a . and then an account id) to access files in someone 
> elses account regardless of the group you were in. This last method I had 
> completely forgotten about, and references to it in the documentation seem a 
> bit hidden. But it is there. Someone on the list reminded me of this a while 
> back :)

...all of which reminds me about the first time I showed a very 
bright 7 year old girl the Altair 8800 within a couple of years after 
building it.  She said "This is a COMPUTER?  (eyes wide)"

She went to the terminal and typed:

HELLO MY NAME IS AMY.  WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

CP/M, of course, could make nothing of this. 

Computer engineers would do well to observe the expectations of small 
children when designing interfaces.

Cheers,
Chuck