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    2025-08-30

    • curprev 21:07:332025-08-30T21:07:33Nik talk contribs 1,118 bytes +1,118 Created page with "Interesting Instagram reel from cusdeb_com. I always thought Steve Wozniak was the ultimate facilitator who built a computer he wanted to use, but maybe it was this guy, Ken Thompson. <blockquote> UNIX began its life on a scavenged PDP-7 minicomputer, serving as a platform for the Space Travel game and a testbed for Ken Thompson’s ideas about operating system design. So, it could be said that Thompson created UNIX primarily for gaming purposes..."