#softwarearcheology — Public Fediverse posts

I just read about MUSH (Microsoft User Shell) – which is the keyboard-based pre-pulldown menu system that existed in Multiplan, Word or XTree – and early drafts of Microsoft Interface Manager, an text UI precursor of Windows which resembled DOSShell from MS-DOS 4, on the website of @nina_kali_nina . I remembered there actually was a Visual Shell, vsh in Microsoft Xenix (their Unix OS). Sadly, browsing was not very intuitive … #softwarearcheology #unix #unixshells

If you are interested in the proper usage and concepts of #subversion (or #svn) I can highly recommend this book. Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion, by Mike Mason.

I was digging into version control history during the holidays, as I started using #jj aka #jujutsuvcs in addition to git and wanted to know more about the concepts it is designed with. I had the luck of being able to start my version control life with git, so I never worked with Subversion a lot (some people might say fortunately). But as many people seem to hold it in high regard, I wanted to understand why.

This books takes you through all you need to know to use it. As an "normal being" just using it. Handling normal things, releases, branches. But also from an administration side, handling and organizing repositories. Backing them up. Splitting and uniting them.

And all of that written in a very enjoyable way.

#vcs #MikeMason #PragmaticVersionControl #softwarearcheology

As one does between the years, I have started digging into #subversion (the version control system) to learn more about its concepts. Because, why not? At least it helps me to be grateful for the ease of use I have with #git (sorry subversion...).

In case you want to have a look, I built a #vagrant setup to easily play around with Subversion:

https://github.com/johanneskastl/subversion_vagrant_libvirt_ansible

As I am on a reading spree, #Mercurial will be next. And no, before you ask, I will not get into CVS after that...

#svn #vcs #versioncontrol #softwarearcheology #oldiesbutgoldies

Yesterday, I found (and fixed) an at least 37 years old bug in #IRAF CL. It appeared already in the first IRAF version where we have source code (2.8). If you have an older version, please let me know! #SoftwareArcheology

Yesterday, I found (and fixed) an at least 37 years old bug in #IRAF CL. It appeared already in the first IRAF version where we have source code (2.8). If you have an older version, please let me know! #SoftwareArcheology

Yesterday, I found (and fixed) an at least 37 years old bug in #IRAF CL. It appeared already in the first IRAF version where we have source code (2.8). If you have an older version, please let me know! #SoftwareArcheology

Yesterday, I found (and fixed) an at least 37 years old bug in #IRAF CL. It appeared already in the first IRAF version where we have source code (2.8). If you have an older version, please let me know! #SoftwareArcheology