Very cool project using an antique teletype

  • @davefischer@beehaw.org
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    31 year ago

    Probably still included because ed is occasionally used in shell scripts.

    It’s good in an emergency over a slow or noisy connection. Back in the 90s, I once talked a non-computer user through repairing a corrupted config file, over the phone. ed was good for that.

    • @CanadaPlus
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      41 year ago

      Back in the 90s, I once talked a non-computer user through repairing a corrupted config file, over the phone. ed was good for that.

      Oh man, that’s also a good point! A phone conversation is a lot like a printed readout.