Advent of Computing

Episode 142 - OS and JEDGAR


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This time we are diving back into the Jargon File to take a look at some hacker folklore. Back in the day hackers at MIT spent their time spying on one another's terminals. That is, until some intrepid programmer found a way to fight back.

Selected Sources:

http://www.catb.org/esr/jargon/html/os-and-jedgar.html - OS and JEDGAR

https://github.com/PDP-10/its - ITS restoration project

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