Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site mot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!oakhill!mot!fred From: fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.crypt Subject: Re: program name joff Message-ID: <37@mot.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 14:41:16 EST Article-I.D.: mot.37 Posted: Wed Dec 5 14:41:16 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:04:49 EST Organization: Motorola Microsystems, Phoenix AZ Lines: 11 Xref: watmath net.unix:3047 net.crypt:250 [] internet!Bill's follow-on to Doug Gwyn @ BRL's TOC of the BSTJ special on Unix mentioned that the Teletype 5620 (aka Blit) was once called the Jerq, from whence one should be able to deduce the meaning of the program name joff. since i haven't seen any out-and-out statement on the meaning here's my submission (haven't had a chance to see the journal, so i didn't cheat). Tom Cargill is a Univ of Waterloo grad. I seem to recall a program on watbun called boff, meaning B Obscure Feature Finder. I suspect that joff is the equivalent for the Jerq.