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Converting ITS documentation

I've been playing around a bit more with the Incompatible Timesharing System (ITS). I figured out enough networking on my Mac to be able to use the Java Supdup terminal application to interact with KLH-10 simulating the KS10 architecture. As part of my study, I have also been converting some INFO files to Texinfo, starting the with the file (slow link to UP.update.uu.se ITS system) INFO;DDT > which Bjorn Victor converted to an HTML version: DDT Primer ). I like Texinfo because it can (theoretically) print nice looking books for an ebook reader like my new Kindle Paperwhite, as well as Info compatible for Emacs navigation, and HTML. Actually distributing these files is problematic. ITS generally seems to have operated with a pretty free notion of distribution: send a magnetic tape to pretty much anyone with a PDP-10 who asked, without executing any kind of explicit license agreement, or even having copyright notices on the text. Anyone with access to the system could take i