Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!cca!ima!ism780!darryl From: darryl@ism780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: a stupid question - (nf) Message-ID: <341@ism780.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Aug-84 00:16:44 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780.341 Posted: Wed Aug 1 00:16:44 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Jul-84 00:06:15 EDT Lines: 14 #R:sri-arpa:-19000:ism780:20700001:000:600 ism780!darryl Jul 24 07:37:00 1984 The old CP-V system on the {S,X}DS Sigma machines had a similar feature. When you typed a ^D (or some such, I don't recall specifically), it responded with the current state your program (1 process per user, you know) was in. It also had another effect, though: if you were in one of the many different possible waiting states, this query moved you to the head of the list. Many people used pens to hold the control and D keys down while they ran a program! Have you played the "Track and Field" video game yet? CP-Vers have been for years! --Darryl Richman ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl