cctalk Digest, Vol 107, Issue 35

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote: Yes. Maybe. In the 1980s, I wrote a phone book of RT-11 MACRO-11 application code and device drivers on a real PDP-11/23 and a real VT220. I printed the phone book out on my authentic LA-180 w/LPV11 for debugging and for delivering to the customer (hardcopy was required in the contract). These days, I'd rather open a session on my preferred desktop environment and stretch the window to some comfy size - perhaps 132 wide (no point in writing something wider than one can print) by 80 to 100 tall - for writing and debugging code. That leaves me room to do other things on the screen and still have a lot more room to visualize the code and code flow. It doesn't matter to me if it's a window wrapping around a Kermit session or plumbed to an emulator or whatever. The fact that it's a window on my desktop enables cutting and pasting in and out of browser windows and perhaps other RT-11 sessions (again, real or emulated). Now... the fact that I can visualize how I would work does not mean that I would ever actually get around to doing any projects in that environment. Most of what I've done with RT-11 since 1990 has been to find existing programs (especially games) and run them on real terminals. If I have to edit a config file or a CMD file to recompile something, I can live in 80x24. So... I might, I could, but I probably won't. -ethan