Summary: is there any word processing software for the pdp11?

On 2 December 2014 at 14:00, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com> wrote: > I was seeking the "best" pdp11 prose text editing experience for > typing in manuscripts, composing, letter writing, etc. (not > programming language - that was just a side effect of some editors > actually being programming languages in and of themselves). > > Since this is such a highly relative subject, I expected a slew of > answers and got them (thanks, all!). > > While not part of the originally-intended scope, the conversation > has inspired me to at least try composing in TeX, which I've sort of > meant to do for years, but never got a round tuit. Sounds like it'll > stay out of my way and allow me to just flow ideas and not even > address layout until the end, which is, in essence, what I'm after. > That said, I think the most convincing answer to my original question > so far, not having actually reviewed them yet, is some kind of emacs, > most likely Jove since it's already there in 2.xBSD and keeps me from > having to mess with/re-learn other operating systems (oh, shoot!). As > a side note, I used teco and edt back when pdp11s running DEC > operating systems were still being phased out and found them to be > unsatisfying; however, I do admit that I was an amateur at them. > > My other point here was to get the Diablo 630 going and have it type > nice, letter-quality copy for me. Since my kid had a report due this > morning, I caved and temporarily connected it to an old Sun machine > and just threw lpd at it. Pretty straightforward: > > lpadmin -p diablo -v /dev/cua/b -o stty=300 -o banner=never enable > diablo accept diablo > > So the thing's up and accepting jobs. Prints like a war zone :) !!! > > Once one of the '11s is up, on the net and stabilized, I'd like to > have it take over this role as well.