[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[George Cornelius]

In article <fsug2rF5lauU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
> On 08/07/2018 04:23 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 8/7/2018 3:40 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> On 2018-08-07 13:17, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 08/06/2018 08:58 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>> Basic always worked well with magtape.
>>>
>>> Depends on the BASIC, of course. ;-)
>> 
>> Well, this is c.o.v, so how many Basics might we be talking about?
>> 
>> Basic+, BP2, VAX Basic, and descendents, all seemed to allow working 
>> with tapes.
>> 
> 
> Watch your attributions.  I contributed none of the above.

For the record, you may not have contributed personally, but,
presumably, your news client did - by quoting Dave Froble.  Your
client's contributions are to a certain extent indistinguishable
from your own; and it is, after all, acting on your behalf.

Plus it is a PITA to mangle the attribution chain with a substitution
like '<someone> wrote:' in order to avoid referencing someone whose
actual, personal contribution has been elided.

George

> bill