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Article #3Re: Newbie TOPS-10 7.03 question
From: Alan Greig
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:19
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:19
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"Zane H. Healy" wrote: > Still for someone just trying to learn TOPS-10, I think SED is a good > choice. Line editors are totally foreign to most computer users, and I've > not used one in 10+ years, I think the last was on a Honeywell DPS-8. > There were EMACS subset clones available for TOPS-10 (Richard Stallman always referred to TOPS-10 as Bottoms-10 preferring TOPS-20 or ITS) Two I remember were FINE (Fine is Not EMACS) and DOPE (Display Oriented Pop2 Editor). At least one or both had an EDT keypad mode. I wonder if these might be online anywhere. Funny story about DOPE. DOPE was written at ERCC (Edinburgh Regional Computer Centre - Edinburgh University. On a visit their circa 1981 I recall a sign in one of the main DEC-10 terminal rooms saying "Would users please refrain from using dope in these rooms at peak town as other users complain it slows their response time." > > Zane > -- Alan Greig
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