The more I like my VAX, the more I hate Compaq...

From: Roger Ivie <rivie_at_teraglobal.com>
Date: Wed Jun 7 16:26:57 2000

John Wilson wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 09:54:06AM -0600, Roger Ivie wrote:
> >Oh no! Someone's taken over www.teco.com and it's not about the editor
> >anymore!
>
>Can't get it to come up, is it the folks that make the clips and brackets
>for tying lumber together? I got a kick out of sticking TECO clips all over
>the roof when I rebuilt my garage... "TE CO" also seems to be a common
>failure mode for TEXACO gas station signs.

No. It's TECO INTERNATIONAL, "a group of companies with over 70 years
of experience serving the worldwide primary glass manufacturing
industry. The TECO (TM) group provides the industry with glass-melting
furnaces, batch plants, and complete plants for the production of all
types of glass..."

It also says "...TECO (TM) [is a] registered tradmark of Toledo
Engineering Co., Inc."

>EDT *is* a line editor, until you (or your init file) type CHANGE that is.
>I count four different editors hiding inside EDT:
>
>1. Original non-keypad change mode (from EDT V1), annoying modal thing
> like "vi" but of course totally different (SET CHANGE NOKEYPAD gets you
> this IIRC).
>2. Line mode, when you haven't typed CHANGE yet.
>3. CHANGE mode on a VT100 etc. (what we're all used to)
>4. CHANGE mode on a hardcopy terminal. Bizarre!

I've never done any real work with modes 2 and 4. I'm only in mode 2
long enough to say CHANGE.

And you've completely ignored the possibility of running mode 3 on
a VT52...

>I feel sure I've asked this before and probably been answered but, if SOS
>is Son Of Stopgap, just how bad was the original Stopgap Editor? :-)

I once heard rumors, but I've completely forgotten them so that now I
can just spread rumors that there once were rumors about Stopgap.

--
Roger Ivie
rivie_at_teraglobal.com
Not speaking for TeraGlobal Communications Corporation
Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 16:26:57 BST

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