On 4/7/2017 12:24 AM, Robert Riches wrote:
> 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.

Seems like an appointment book would have done the job pretty well
without needing an engineering degree.  lol

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Rick C

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