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Re: Input line editing



On Feb 12, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
(Oh, and I'd have to add the TOPS-20 still is extremely nice, by any standard.)

There are certainly things about it that haven't been matched in modern operating systems. Too bad it was all done in PDP-10 machine code. However, last time I ran it on Stu's simulator, I noticed a lot of things about it that I had forgotten. It was amazing for its time, but in general I'm happier on a NetBSD system nowadays (although I do miss PCL).



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