Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:55:06 EDT
From: Paul Svensson <PAUL@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG>
To: LUVISI@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG
Message-ID: <725130.030621.PAUL@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG>


>Is there anything resembling a bulletin board system on ITS?
>Are "System Announcements" the closest thing?

For global announcements, you can edit HACK;SV NEWS, or the web page,
otherwise, mailing lists are easy to set up; see .MAIL.;NAMES INFO

>I'm getting it.  Still, I have a couple issues left.  When I delete a blank
>line with C-K my screen does not update.  At first I didn't think it worked,
>but now I just need to press C-L to see the change.  Is this a known issue?
>Do I need to do something special with crtsty to make it work properly?
>Currently I am doing ":crtsty vt100 speed 9600".

I just do TCTYP AAA, screen updates just fine here.

>Is there a built-in command to put the >'s in for you?

I'm sure it's configurable, but I haven't bothered.
M-% is easy enough.
	/Paul


Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:21:18 EDT
From: Paul Svensson <PAUL@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG>
To: LUVISI@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG
Message-ID: <725119.030620.PAUL@ITS.SVENSSON.ORG>


>Alas, I am neither a compiler guru nor a competent ITS user.  Compiling
>a "Hello World" program just seemed like a fun thing to try to do.

What language ?
>I am still trying to figure out my way around ITS.  The info files are good,
>if a bit incomplete here and there.  And I refer often to the emails I
>got on the its-lovers mailing list a while back.

>Still, I seem to be making some progress... I managed to create myself a
>plan.  Maybe I'll put something of value into it one of these days.  ;-)

Way to go!

>How would you feel about me telling others about SV?  I am on a BBS
>where there has been some talk recently about "ancient computing" and
>I was thinking about mentioning SV, but I don't know how "public" you
>consider the system to be or how many new tourists you want at once.

If I get too many tourists, I'll might need tour guides.
Consider yourself volunteered :)
		
>Oh yeah, I also figured out how to change my password, so it isn't
>blank any more.  Maybe I should learn RMAIL next...

Rmail is easy, it's just EMACS.

>... or some more PDP-10 assembly.

That's the way to go. Start by reading other peoples programs, there are lots. 

	/Paul