TOPS-10 utilities: PIP, RUNOFF, FILCOM and SEND

This week we'll look at four utilities included in TOPS-10: PIP , for file copy and translation; RUNOFF to produce text documents; FILCOM to compare files; and finally the chat facility provided by SEND . PIP PIP or the Peripheral Interchange Program, is a tool to copy and transform files that was implemented on most of DEC's operating systems, and later copied by CP/M. Many of the file handling…