[ih] cut and paste

Lars Brinkhoff lars at nocrew.org
Mon Aug 7 23:05:03 PDT 2023


Geoff Goodfellow wrote:
> ^C on Tenex (and Tops-10) got you out of whatever program you were in and
> summarily returned you to the EXEC (@) or Monitor(.) on Tops-10

I'm probably the only person who have used Tenex in this millennium, and
I can confirm ^C works this way.


Jack Haverty wrote:
>> sshmenu at tty.LivingComputers.org
>
> Tried to connect to the ITS machine (choice e)  -- it worked!   But
> the machine says it's a TOPS20....

It used to run ITS, but the DEC-2020 developed some hardware problem and
is now running TOPS-20 instead.

> For another route down memory lane, you can bring up your own PDP-10
> system today, using the original MIT ITS code, and use TECO et
> al. More of a DIY route (you have to build the computer and OS) but
> well documented.  You can even bring up your PDP-10 on the Internet.

Here is a less DIY alternative, only plain telnet required:

telnet its.pdp10.se 10003

Type ^Z to start a session.



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