| Colossal Typewriter | |
|---|---|
 DEC PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum | |
| Original authors | John McCarthy and Roland Silver |
| Initial release | 1960 |
| Platform | PDP-1 and possibly TX-0 |
| Type | Text editor |
| Website | PDP-1 Restoration Project |
Colossal Typewriter by John McCarthy and Roland Silver was one of the earliest computer text editors.1 The program ran on the PDP-1 at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) by December 1960.23
About this time, both authors were associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but it is unclear whether the editor ran on the TX-0 on loan to MIT from Lincoln Laboratory or on the PDP-1 donated to MIT in 1961 by Digital Equipment Corporation. A "Colossal Typewriter Program" is in the BBN Program Library,2 and, under the same name, in the DECUS Program Library as BBN- 6 (CT).4
Notes
Notes
- Eric Fischer (15 November 2000). Re: emacs and other editors. alt.folklore.computers (Google link). Retrieved on 24 June 2006
- Eric Fischer (17 May 1999). CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace. Fischer quotes a 1964 citation by William R. Nugent
- Computer History Museum. Colossal Typewriter Program (CT), 1960 (archived). Retrieved 02 May 2022.
- DECUS number 71 (June 1968) DECUS PDP-1 Program Library Catalog