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statespacedev · Apr 13, 2024 · b895d21 · b895d21
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@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ in 83 or 84 came something special - 'getting to know' the pdp-10 / dec10 at swt
 
 the everyday environment on vt-52 or vt-100 was tops-10 sos text editor. this was the 'best practice' command line utility for undergrads learning 'programming', which meant fortran - though lisp, pascal, cobol, basic, etc were definitely 'around'. it seems 'c' was at most a distant rumor in that particular environment - unix certainly was - not clear how much awareness of unix there even was. probably comparable with vms awareness.
 
+sos seems to have been the easy / intro alternative to teco. teco definitely had the reputation of being tough, with command lines compared to 'noise'. sos was the choice for newbies at swt - laminated 'sos commands' cards were for sale at the university bookstore.
 
+having a user account on the dec10, and being able to logon to one of the terminals, was the important thing.
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		the everyday environment on vt-52 or vt-100 was tops-10 sos text editor. this was the 'best practice' command line utility for undergrads learning 'programming', which meant fortran - though lisp, pascal, cobol, basic, etc were definitely 'around'. it seems 'c' was at most a distant rumor in that particular environment - unix certainly was - not clear how much awareness of unix there even was. probably comparable with vms awareness.

		sos seems to have been the easy / intro alternative to teco. teco definitely had the reputation of being tough, with command lines compared to 'noise'. sos was the choice for newbies at swt - laminated 'sos commands' cards were for sale at the university bookstore.

		having a user account on the dec10, and being able to logon to one of the terminals, was the important thing.