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(Joke .. or what!?)
 
 
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There is something about Quasijarus I can't get my fingers behind. The thing boots, runs, makes world and all, but I have this nagging feeling it is part of an elaborate prank..
 
There is something about Quasijarus I can't get my fingers behind. The thing boots, runs, makes world and all, but I have this nagging feeling it is part of an elaborate prank..
 
[[User:Dugo|Dugo]] 13:37, 3 October 2011 (PDT)
 
[[User:Dugo|Dugo]] 13:37, 3 October 2011 (PDT)
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The whole one man IFCTF with custom compression but otherwise a 4.3 BSD system??
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I think its historical significance was that it was the first complete 'tape' distribution that would run on SIMH.. maybe its not so much a hoax as he lost interest... VAXen in the wild are pretty rare these days, and hell it inspired me to track down the 4.x BSD stuff @ TUHS, so it wasn't all in vain.
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[[User:Neozeed|neozeed]] 08:40, 4 October 2011 (PDT)

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There is something about Quasijarus I can't get my fingers behind. The thing boots, runs, makes world and all, but I have this nagging feeling it is part of an elaborate prank.. Dugo 13:37, 3 October 2011 (PDT)

The whole one man IFCTF with custom compression but otherwise a 4.3 BSD system??

I think its historical significance was that it was the first complete 'tape' distribution that would run on SIMH.. maybe its not so much a hoax as he lost interest... VAXen in the wild are pretty rare these days, and hell it inspired me to track down the 4.x BSD stuff @ TUHS, so it wasn't all in vain. neozeed 08:40, 4 October 2011 (PDT)