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   Lynn McGuire to All   
   Re: Short documentary streamed in 1982 f   
   19 Jan 26 15:50:18   
   
   From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/10/2026 3:27 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:20:47 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >   
   >> Around 1989, I got access to UNIX workstations and also worked in C   
   >> and various script languages, especially Perl.   
   >   
   > What else was there in terms of “scripting” at the time?...   
   ...   
      
   I used to play Lunar Lander on the teletype master console of the Univac   
   1108 that my Dad used back in 1970.  Lunar Lander was written in BASIC.   
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Lander_(video_game_genre)   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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