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Ah, the complement to TROFF.

TRace ON.

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>_

It's interesting how well that particular command fits with the Tron character in the movie but those involved in the movie say it was just a coincidence and Tron comes from "electronic".

Yeah, I remember typing that into a TRS-80 Color Computer at the local Radio Shack. The computer responded with 'OK', if I recall correctly. WAT! No ?SN ERROR? Well, okay, then! Nothing else, either, tho. Hrmmmm...

Imagine my mystification when I would RUN a program, only to watch the screen fill up with [10][20][30]...

Yeeeeaaaah, still pretty near the bottom of the learning curve...