> On Oct 23, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Bob Eager <r...@tavi.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:07:33 -0400 > Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> ... > >> RT-11 is very clean. I've worked with V2A (the FB version when >> possible, SJ when I didn't have enough memory). They are very simple >> and compact; the UI is the old TOPS-10 style, not the newer bloated >> "DCL" interface. So a V2 era edition would be a good way to go. > > Yes, it's very nice. Someone once gave me electronic copies of some > sources (circa 1975) and I read them with glee. Lovely comments, too: > the system call dispatcher had the comment "What's it going to be then, > eh?" from the Clockwork Orange. I think those comments were only in the > FB monitor.
Yes. They were the work of the FB designer, Anton Chernoff, later my mentor in college. I lifted the idea later on; some of the DECnet/E source code has neat quotes in it. Unfortunately, those aren't so visible because DECnet/E sources were never distributed... :-( paul _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh