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[edit] Dates of EDT Initial Release

I first encountered KED in 1980 on a machine running MINC - cannot find a reliable cite for its origin.

This url http://mvb.saic.com/freeware/info-vax/2005_016.txt

claims that KED dates back to 1977 (perhaps - but not many RT-11's were using video terminals then) Tedickey 14:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

In 1985, I was told (knowledgable source on third-party products) that the version of EDT running on VMS was not developed by DEC, that it was a third-party product which DEC provided (and because they did not have the source, they were unable to improve it). Google shows only one hint of this (a symposium mention of a user-supplied EDT in 1985) Tedickey 14:41, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps that was EDT+ Tedickey 18:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
On the other hand, EDT was not listed as a registered trademark in the 1980 and 1983 manuals, but is listed now, for instance:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/cplus/vax_doc/ugvv.htm

Here is a link which implies that EDT was written no earlier than 1976: http://www.techwr-l.com/archives/0703/techwhirl-0703-00402.html Tedickey 18:25, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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