14 Nov
2019
14 Nov
'19
8:40 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:47 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars(a)nocrew.org> wrote:
Richard F. Lary and Stan Rabinowitz made OS/8 TECO more compatible
Oh boy - there are two names from the past ;-)
with other versions of TECO, and the result of this
work is the
version distributed by DECUS (catalog number 110450 is the
manual). RT-11 TECO for the PDP-11 is a port of this code."
I sent a message to Richie and Jack Burness. The last statement is a
little worrisome, as 'porting' PDP-8 assembler to the PDP-11 was really not
done in my experience. Jack (Graphics) and Richie (OS) worked for the late
Lorin Gale on the SW for the PDP-12 - which was based on the PDP-8 and then
later rewrote a lot of things for Strecker's PDP-11. But, my experience
is it was always a rewrite/modeled after more than a 'port'. FWIW: I also
thought it was the late Kent Blackett that did much of the RT-11 work, but
I'm not sure which is why I asked Jack and Richie who should remember.