Multi-user Unix? What will they think of next?

This is cool, though. Gives people a taste of what it used to be like with everyone in the university logged into the big time-sharing machines all together.

• technothrasher

  today at 1:13 AM

  > Multi-user Unix?

  We could call it Multics!

  But yeah, I remember those glory days of everybody on the school's Sun 3/280, when an accidental fork bomb would ruin everyone's homework.

• mghackerlady

  yesterday at 10:25 PM

  I kinda wish it stayed that way, or rather something better replaced multi-user systems as they aren't well suited to personal computers like we have nowadays. Plus I like the added bonus of not needing to spend much to have access to the kind of compute power needed for a compsci course, it makes compiling a lot faster

  • kjs3

    today at 12:27 AM

    You apparently never had to share a 3B20 (around 1 MIP) with 200 other CS1401 students desperately trying to get their Pascal project to compile before the midnight deadline. 15m for 'hello world'? If you're lucky.

    • flyinghamster

      today at 2:53 AM

      Eeeeeep. I was lucky that my big CS courses were done on a Sequent Balance 8000 equipped with six NS32032 CPUs and room for six more. Yup, SMP in the mid-1980s. That machine positively flew on loads that would bring the neighboring Pyramid 90x to its knees.

      I had an account on a 3B20, and it did not impress me in the least, but the 3B2/400 boxes in one lab were pretty reasonable for being small systems. What a shame that the WE32000 didn't get any traction.

      Before I went down to UIUC, the junior college had a Prime 650, and all compile jobs were run through a queue precisely to avoid having the machine get crushed.

I believe it runs Linux. [This](https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-...) is the story behind tilde.club.

Apparently there are a few more similar communities like the one from the post

https://tildeverse.org/members/

The editorialized title brings back memories of logging into smashthestack almost two decades ago leaving and looking at graffiti on the walls.

I didn't learn much following the link itself other than it is supposed to be pronounced TIL-dee and that some people have more money to spare than others.

Similar to SDF.org and envs.net

• nmz

  today at 2:21 AM

  Except its actually useful, unless you pay sdf for membership (it's just like $30 or so) the only commands it can run is stuff on /bin, which is their prerogative, but tilde is much better. oh and they erase your account if you don't log in, which, why would you even login if there's nothing to do

https://tilde.team FTW

• pelcg

  yesterday at 10:05 PM

  It has been years since I have heard of this. Looks great!

  • roywashere

    yesterday at 10:38 PM

    I started my own! Scrappy https://tildeweb.nl

    • dddw

      yesterday at 11:04 PM

      Leuk, mag ik meespelen?

Hey, I signed up for an account 2 days ago. Still no response, does anyone know what that means? Not accepted or it's just one overworked volunteer?

Cool