Re: Strange and wonderful prog names (was Re: Worst error messages...)

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From: le... Joel B Levin
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 15:00

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The IBM 7072 (what's that?) I used to play on actually used a third
party OS rather than the standard issue IBSYS (or whatever it was
called on that machine) from some folks in the Keystone State:

the Pittsburgh Executive System Tape, or PEST.

Anyone else ever hear of it?

	/JBL
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