Re: vi

2023-08-20 Thread Seymour J Metz
z http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Gibney, Dave [03b5261cfd78-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2023 1:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: vi

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Gibney, Dave
Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 2:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: vi > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] > > On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:37:35 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > >> The early 1970s PDP-10 (and PDP-8) were the Digital Equipment forerunners

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:37:35 +, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> The early 1970s PDP-10 (and PDP-8) were the Digital Equipment forerunners of >> the later DECSYSTEM and VAX computers. > >No; the PDP-6 and PDP-10 were 36-bit machines. The PDP-5 and PDP-8 were 12 bit >machines unrelated to the DECSYST

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Seymour J Metz
M-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: vi The early 1970s PDP-10 (and PDP-8) were the Digital Equipment forerunners of the later DECSYSTEM and VAX computers. They were 6- and 7-bit machines. The Operating System of the PDP-10 that my High School timeshared on in 1973 was TOPS-10. I remember TECO well.

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 19:42:41 +, Hayim Sokolsky wrote: >The early 1970s PDP-10 (and PDP-8) were the Digital Equipment forerunners of >the later DECSYSTEM and VAX computers. They were 6- and 7-bit machines. The >Operating System of the PDP-10 that my High School timeshared on in 1973 was >TOP

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Hayim Sokolsky
sarily express or reflect, the views, positions or strategies of my employer. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 1:56 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: vi EXTERNAL EMAIL What is "PDP"? The 16, 18 and 36 bit archit

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Seymour J Metz
du/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 1:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: vi On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:08:09 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: >

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Gibney, Dave
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 10:41 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: vi > On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:08:09 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: > > >In 1978, the

Re: vi

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:08:09 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: >In 1978, the class in PDP assembler used ed. Didn't mention vi. >Discovering vi was quite helpful to my progress in the class. > Mavens have cautioned me that I should master ed lest I am ever confined to a termin

vi

2023-08-18 Thread Gibney, Dave
In 1978, the class in PDP assembler used ed. Didn't mention vi. Discovering vi was quite helpful to my progress in the class. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to