Lars Brinkhoff
Lars Brinkhoff
Maybe: HAROLD; RMODE 3 HAROLD; RMODE ABBREV HAROLD; RMODE CMNDS MRBSYS; RMODE 32 WJL; RMODE NOTES WJL; RMODE TMACS WJL; ABOUT RMODE
Probably ported to TOPS-20: \mm.teco.2 \moby.bkd.1 \moby.rvb.1 \modedf.teco.185 \modeld.teco.10 \modepr.teco.1 \modeta.teco.117 \modetw.teco.49 \pprint.teco.1 \rmode.ctl.1 \rmode.recent.7
The files MODEDF, MODETA, MOD928, and TECPUR 928 are enough to run Rmode. It displays a mode line similar to EMACS: ``` [MAIN] ``` ^F moves forward one character. ^P...
A file called RMODE.INIT found with the German translation of Zork. Maybe evidence someone at Infocom used Rmode on their DEC-20? https://github.com/historicalsource/zork-german/blob/master/rmode.init
Missing manual: "RMODE: A Real-time Edit Facility" (SYS.04.07-1), P. David Lebling, R. V. Baron, Bruce K. Daniels, 1977.
From [LCS Progress Report 16](https://ban.ai/multics/doc/a088355.pdf), July 1978 - June 1979: > Rmode, a real-time display text editor, was modified to run on Tops-20 (Lebling), and now has a common source...
Mailing list: ``` (DM-RMODE-USERS (EQV-LIST [.INFO.;RMODE MAIL] AC BERN BTB JSK PDL SKS (JHAVERTY BBNE) (MARKT XX) (SWG XX) TAA))
| Character | Action | --- | --- | ^A | Set mode | ^B | Select buffer | ^C | Copy to Q-reg | ^D | Move down |...
> By 1976, packages of TECO macros abounded in the MIT AI lab, each aiming to maximize the scope of TECO's editing power. These included TECMAC (developed by John L....
Hello @jh95468, I see (JHAVERTY BBNE) mentioned above. Was RMODE used at BBN?