> On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: > > > When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi > > *and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages > > like, 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the > > editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time. > > > Ed, man! !man ed > > Yeah, and in the early 1960s I fed paper tape into a Burroughs mainframe, in > the early 1970s I fed 80-column Hollerith cards into the IBM S/360, and in the > late 1970s I used a Teletype terminal and Diablo typewriter/printer. Using ed > is like flipping logic switches on the front of the computer to program it. > > Now is much better. Both emacs and vi do the job; pick the one you like.
I don't go quite that far back... My first program was written in Basic for an HP 2100A using 80 column cards that were marked with #2 pencil instead of punching. Well, unless it was RPN programming in an early HP programmable calculator, I forget which came first. I have done punched cards (in college). I have flipped front panel switches (on a Heathkit). I have loaded paper tape (the HP 2100A could also do paper tape). I have written assembler code on paper (calculating branch relative offsets by hand) and then typed it into an Apple II's monitor. Frank --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
