[COFF] TECO

[clemc at ccc.com (Clem Cole)]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 12:47 AM Lars Brinkhoff <lars at nocrew.org> wrote:

>
>   Richard F. Lary and Stan Rabinowitz made OS/8 TECO more compatible
>
Oh boy - there are two names from the past ;-)


>   with other versions of TECO, and the result of this work is the
>   version distributed by DECUS (catalog number 110450 is the
>   manual). RT-11 TECO for the PDP-11 is a port of this code."
>
I sent a message to Richie and Jack Burness.   The last statement is a
little worrisome, as 'porting' PDP-8 assembler to the PDP-11 was really not
done in my experience.  Jack (Graphics) and Richie (OS) worked for the late
Lorin Gale on the SW for the PDP-12 - which was based on the PDP-8 and then
later rewrote a lot of things for Strecker's PDP-11.   But, my experience
is it was always a rewrite/modeled after more than a 'port'.  FWIW: I also
thought it was the late Kent Blackett that did much of the RT-11 work, but
I'm not sure which is why I asked Jack and Richie who should remember.
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