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The Natural Philosopher   wrote:
>back in the day we could either edit in vi on the PDP 11, or use
>wordstar on DOS and upload the code for compilations. I don't think
>anyone worked in vi from choice except for minor mods.
>I cant remember how we uploaded the code either - there was certainly no
>TCP/IP - must have been over serial.

Almost certainly a serial (RS-232) connection, whether over dial-up or
hardwired.  I'd dial in to a terminal server with my Apple II and telnet
from there into whatever box I wanted to use.  Emacs was the preferred
editor at the time, though I've since forgotten how to use it and mostly use
Joe nowadays.  I could've used AppleWorks or the built-in editor in ProTERM
to edit files that would then be uploaded, but it wouldn't have been any
faster than editing online (in the case of AppleWorks, it would've been
slower as you'd have to hang up, quit ProTERM, start AppleWorks, do your
editing, exit, restart ProTERM, reconnect, and upload your file).

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