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Re: The age of the list? The list of the aged?
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Bill Cheeseman <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:59:54 -0500
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on 2006-02-22 2:03 AM, Brian Johnson at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> What's the age of the Macscrpt list? and has it always been hosted at
> Dartmouth? Did Fred Terry start it (why do I think that?) If not, who?

My notes on AppleScript's early history don't include anything about this,
and I certainly don't recall when I joined the list. My photos of the old
listserv machine that hosted the list on the Dartmouth campus are from 2000.
They're still online here:

<http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/photos/MACSCRPT/MACSCRPT.html>

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Bill Cheeseman - [log in to unmask]
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