> On Jul 15, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 14 July 2016 at 22:43, Mouse <mo...@rodents-montreal.org> wrote:
>> As for VMS HELP, I don't think the tool is all that much better; what
>> is _much_ better is the documentation it contains. DEC documentation
>> of the VMS era was _awesome_. Even today I rarely see it equaled,
>> never mind bettered, in many ways.
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>
> HELP WOMBAT
Not to mention "HELP ADVANCED WOMBAT".
Actually, if you want to see really good online help -- vastly better even than
that of VMS -- take a look at PLATO. To become a PLATO programmer, all you'd
need was for the admin to hand you your login credentials along with "sit down
at a terminal and follow instructions". A logged out terminal would display
"Press NEXT to begin" -- you'd do that and literally everything from that point
on would be described by on-line help of one kind or another.
paul
