Re: TECO (was Re: spacewar and TECO)

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From: M... Michael A. Patton
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 19:40

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In article <1989Dec15....@world.std.com> b...@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:

   I've always heard *Tape* Editor and COrrector. Remember that back when
   TECO was first a thing most files were stored on tapes (microtapes.)

Tape Editor and COrrector is correct, reported to me first hand by
people who worked on it on the PDP-1.  But you are wrong, the tapes
referred to were PAPER tapes.  Micro tapes came later...

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From: M...@LCS.MIT.Edu (Michael A. Patton)
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Subject: Re: TECO (was Re: spacewar and TECO)
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