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Old 04-19-2024, 12:43 PM   #8128
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
Um, and devices too. It originated with CP/M.
OS/8 and RT-11 from DEC predate CP/M. I don't know whether they got the concept to use a colon to end device names from something even earlier.
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