**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Feb 19, 2018, 03:16

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · Feb 19, 2018, 03:16

fragments of an Alternate Universe :: Computing

imagine if instead of file.txt, we had file::ext

all_star::ogg
frogs::png

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 19, 2018, 03:17

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 19, 2018, 03:17

jess, public figure @catoutofbed@octodon.social

fragments of an Alternate Universe :: Computing

@lizardsquid
and for accessing files on other computers
file->txt

**erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡** @er1n@social.mecanis.me · Feb 19, 2018, 03:17

**erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡** @er1n@social.mecanis.me · Feb 19, 2018, 03:17

erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡ @er1n@social.mecanis.me

fragments of an Alternate Universe :: Computing

@catoutofbed @lizardsquid that is _almost_ DECNET

**erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡** @er1n@social.mecanis.me · Feb 19, 2018, 03:23

**erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡** @er1n@social.mecanis.me · Feb 19, 2018, 03:23

erin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡ @er1n@social.mecanis.me

@lizardsquid @catoutofbed on VMS with DECNET, you could have paths like

REMOTEVAX::DISK0:[somedir.subdir.subsubdir]filename

**Lizardsquid, maker of noises** @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es · 2018-02-19T03:24:31Z

@er1n @catoutofbed yes good (but also bad and awful)