On 2017-04-07, rickman  wrote:
> On 4/6/2017 3:46 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:48:15 +0100, druck wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/04/2017 14:06, James Harris wrote:
>>>> On 06/04/2017 13:12, Daniel James wrote:
>>>>> In article , James Harris wrote:
>>>>>> OK. It's a pity Notepad doesn't handle LF-only endings. Would save
>>>>>> the hassle. But Wordpad does.
>>>>>
>>>>> I heartily recommend Notepad++ for code editing on Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apart from all the other neat things it does, it handles CR/LR/CR+LF
>>>>> endings, and can create an output file with any of those.
>>>>
>>>> I tried Notepad++ years ago but couldn't get used to it. Can't remember
>>>> why now.
>>>
>>> Time to give it another try then.
>>>>
>>>> Notepad is fine for me. Once line wrap is turned off, Notepad will
>>>> allow you to jump to a line by number. That's all I really need other
>>>> than basic editing.
>>>
>>> Well if you can be happy with Notepad, vi is overkill, ed on a teletype
>>> would be the Linux equivalent.
>>>
>> MS used to have an equivalent - remember edlin?
>
> Yes, and I also remember entering hex on a keypad.  I don't think I've
> ever toggled a bootloader in using toggle switches though.  I'm not
> *that* old!

In college, when I worked at the campus TV cable head end,
professors would call in to schedule tapes (mostly U-matic 3/4"
videocassettes) to be played on the cable for their classes, and
students could call in to schedule individual showings.  The
schedule was kept on a PDP-11, IIRC an 11/23.  When on the first
morning shift, one of the duties was to boot up the PDP-11 using
toggle switches to get the machine to read the cassette tape that
held the program and data.

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