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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf
> Of Paul Gilmartin
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 10:41 AM
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> Subject: Re: vi
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:08:09 +0000, Gibney, Dave wrote:
> 
> >In 1978, the class in PDP assembler used ed. Didn't mention vi.
> >Discovering vi was quite helpful to my progress in the class.
> >
> Mavens have cautioned me that I should master ed lest I am ever
> confined to a terminal lacking the capabilities needed by vi.
> I've ignored them, so far.
> 
> 3278?
> 
> But ed : vi :: TSO EDIT : ISPF.
> 
> PDP?  ed, not TECO?

Using Fox terminals. I remember it as a PDP 11/60
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