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Ronald @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 09:38 UTC

I'm fooling around with a very ancient installation of #UNIX.
There's a small binary /bin/chball -- 76 bytes, but no documentation.
Took me a while: turns out, that is needed when the ball-head in the typewriter-style terminal is changed (think of IBM Selectric if you don't know what I mean).
Well, I guess I won't really need that command anymore... 🤓
#it #archaeology

#unix #it #archaeology

Ronald @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 09:38 UTC

I'm fooling around with a very ancient installation of #UNIX.
There's a small binary /bin/chball -- 76 bytes, but no documentation.
Took me a while: turns out, that is needed when the ball-head in the typewriter-style terminal is changed (think of IBM Selectric if you don't know what I mean).
Well, I guess I won't really need that command anymore... 🤓
#it #archaeology

#unix #it #archaeology

Ronald @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 09:38 UTC

I'm fooling around with a very ancient installation of #UNIX.
There's a small binary /bin/chball -- 76 bytes, but no documentation.
Took me a while: turns out, that is needed when the ball-head in the typewriter-style terminal is changed (think of IBM Selectric if you don't know what I mean).
Well, I guess I won't really need that command anymore... 🤓
#it #archaeology

#archaeology #it #unix

Ronald @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 09:38 UTC

I'm fooling around with a very ancient installation of #UNIX.
There's a small binary /bin/chball -- 76 bytes, but no documentation.
Took me a while: turns out, that is needed when the ball-head in the typewriter-style terminal is changed (think of IBM Selectric if you don't know what I mean).
Well, I guess I won't really need that command anymore... 🤓
#it #archaeology

#unix #it #archaeology

8 @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 03:07 UTC

I've been using #AI as a way to ask my dumb #archaeology and #egyptology questions. But I could ask them here instead if anyone is similarly tolerant to being bored and exasperated at my ignorance. You can even lie to me for your own entertainment, the LLMs sure do.

#ai #archaeology #egyptology

8 @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 03:07 UTC

I've been using #AI as a way to ask my dumb #archaeology and #egyptology questions. But I could ask them here instead if anyone is similarly tolerant to being bored and exasperated at my ignorance. You can even lie to me for your own entertainment, the LLMs sure do.

#ai #archaeology #egyptology

8 @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 03:07 UTC

I've been using #AI as a way to ask my dumb #archaeology and #egyptology questions. But I could ask them here instead if anyone is similarly tolerant to being bored and exasperated at my ignorance. You can even lie to me for your own entertainment, the LLMs sure do.

#ai #archaeology #egyptology

8 @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 03:07 UTC

I've been using #AI as a way to ask my dumb #archaeology and #egyptology questions. But I could ask them here instead if anyone is similarly tolerant to being bored and exasperated at my ignorance. You can even lie to me for your own entertainment, the LLMs sure do.

#egyptology #archaeology #ai

8 @[email protected] · 2026-09-30 · 03:07 UTC

I've been using #AI as a way to ask my dumb #archaeology and #egyptology questions. But I could ask them here instead if anyone is similarly tolerant to being bored and exasperated at my ignorance. You can even lie to me for your own entertainment, the LLMs sure do.

#ai #archaeology #egyptology