Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!wright!jsloan From: jsloan@wright.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <197@wright.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 09:07:22 EST Article-I.D.: wright.197 Posted: Wed Nov 25 09:07:22 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 03:19:32 EST References: <19267@amdcad.AMD.COM> Organization: Wright State University, Dayton OH, 45435 Lines: 10 Again, my SHARE 1977 IBM acronym index says "Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line", and this is what I remember from my MFT/HASP days from the manuals. It could be that Tanenbaum is doing some revision. And I certainly do recall "spooling" to magtape, albeit it may be an ancestrial memory. -- John Sloan Wright State University Research Center jsloan@SPOTS.Wright.Edu 3171 Research Blvd., Kettering, OH 45420 ...!cbosgd!wright!jsloan (513) 259-1384 (513) 873-2491 Logic Disclaimer: belong(opinions,jsloan). belong(opinions,_):-!,fail.