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by **Prmek** on Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:54 pm

I have a shell on a TOPS-20 (TENEX) system and I got to be honest - never heard of the thing before. It seems it's a really old OS and has different commands than any other OS I've encountered. Since I was hoping to get a bot or bnc to work on it, does anybody know if that is even possible? Confused

by **bbadwolf** on Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:42 pm

WOW. A TOPS-20?! I feel like I am back in the eighties! Smile

I doubt you're going to be able to do what you want on that system without a lot of modifications (and even that would depend on how well the upkeep of the system has been over the years), if at all.

Sorry about that.

I might have a list of old TOPS-20 commands floating around somewhere, though... Smile

by **debeaxcc** on Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:10 am

Google scout out a manual for you here.
Estote Parati.

by **Prmek** on Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:53 pm

Well I gave my best shot and couldn't achieve anything Confused

@debeaxcc thanks for the manual but it doesn't help me much - it looks the administrator has limited the command list so half of the commands from the manual don't work or I am not allowed to use them. Can't even FTP for crying out loud!!!! Sux... Crying or Very sad

Thanks anyway..

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