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Re:PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System emulator by Aloha on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:40AM (#36665470)
Its amusing, early XKL documentation called it "router style user interface" so while it might have been PDP-10 under the surface, it looked like a Cisco Router from the get go, which makes sense considering the market intended for.
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Re:PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System emulator by Suzuran on Monday July 10, 2023 @05:41PM (#36673342)
This has more to do with Cisco's IOS command line being a direct clone of the TOPS-20 "Exec" than XKL attempting to clone Cisco's interface.
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Re:PDP-10 Incompatible Timesharing System emulator by Aloha on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:28PM (#36675749)
The first time I sat down at a TOPS-20 box, I could see the genetic similarity.

Also, I was not presuming XKL cloned Cisco - considering the shared provenance of it all.

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