This is a collection of user contributed tutorials for [[http://twenex.org|TWENEX.ORG]].  While these tutorials may contain specific information to [[http://twenex.org|TWENEX.ORG]], they may also be general enough such that other TOPS-20 and [[http://http://panda.trailing-edge.com|TOPS-20 PANDA Distribution]] users could benefit from them.  Access to this WIKI is available by //MAIL//ing or //SEND//ing a message to //SMJ// on [[http://twenex.org|TWENEX.ORG]].

===== TOPS-20 Tutorials =====

==== TWENEX.ORG Basics ====

     * [[tutorials:howto]] //Authoring tutorials, style guidelines, et cetera//
     * [[tutorials:access]] //Getting and accessing your own TOPS-20 account on [[https://twenex.org|TWENEX.ORG]]//
     * [[tutorials:starter]] //A starter guide to TOPS-20 aimed at UNIX users//
     * [[tutorials:EXEC]] //Using EXEC---the TOPS-20 command parser, and TOPS-20 command files//

==== E-Mail and Communication ====

     * [[tutorials:advise]] //ADVISE another's TTY//
     * [[tutorials:commode]] //A simple remark chat using linked TTYs//
     * [[tutorials:bboard]] //Shared MAIL folder which acts as a Bulletin Board//
     * [[tutorials:mm]] //Reading and Sending MAIL via Mail Manager//
     * [[tutorials:send]] //SENDing and REPLYing to TOPS-20 Instant Message//
     * [[tutorials:talk]] //Linking TTYs together//

==== Languages and Programming ====

     * [[tutorials:compilers|Compilers]] //General notes on compiling source code on TOPS-20//
     * [[tutorials:assemblers|Assemblers]] //General notes on PDP-10 assembly language programming//
     * [[AID]] //Using Algebraic Interpretive Dialog//
     * [[APL]] //Using the APLSF interpreter//
     * [[tutorials:BASIC]] //Using BASIC//
     * [[tutorials:kcc|C]] // Using the KCC C compiler//
     * [[tutorials:COBOL]] //Using the COBOL 74 compiler//
     * [[tutorials:FORTH]] //Using the FORTH interpreters//
     * [[tutorials:FORTRAN]] //Using the FORTRAN-20 compiler//
     * [[tutorials:Lisp]] //Accessing and using LISP//
     * [[tutorials:MACRO]] // Using TOPS-20 MACRO assembly language //
     * [[tutorials:MDL]] //Muddling with the MDL programming language//
     * [[tutorials:MIDAS]] // Using MIDAS assembly language //
     * [[tutorials:FAIL]] // Using FAIL assembly language //
     * [[tutorials:Pascal]] // Using TOPS-20 PASCAL //
     * [[tutorials:SNOBOL]] //Using SNOBOL on TWENEX.ORG//

==== Text Editors ====

  * [[tutorials:editor|Default editor]] //Invoking your default editor (CREATE/EDIT)//
  * [[tutorials:edit|EDIT]] //Using the EDIT text editor//
  * [[tutorials:edt|EDT-20]] //Using the EDT-20 text editor//
  * [[tutorials:emacs|Emacs]] //Using the Emacs text editor//
  * [[tutorials:teco|TECO]] //Using the TECO and Video TECO (TV) text editors//

//(The editor SED is also listed in @HELP NEW-USER, but the executable file is corrupt and inoperative.)//

==== Games ====

  * [[tutorials:haunt|Haunt]] //A haunted house text adventure game programmed by John Laird in 1979 using the rule-based language OPS4.//
  * [[tutorials:startrek|Star Trek]] (Space War) //The text-based strategy game inspired by the television series **Star Trek** popular on minicomputers, mainframes, and early PCs in the 1970s and -80s.//
  * [[tutorials:zork|Zork]] //"The classic underground maze/puzzle."//

==== References and External Links ====

     * [[references:t20snsv7|TOPS-20 Software Notebook Set]]
     * //TOPS-20 User's Guide// ([[http://www.bourguet.org/v2/pdp10/users/index|HTML]]) ([[https://livingcomputers.org/UI/UserDocs/TOPS-20-v7-1/1_TOPS-20_User-s_Guide.pdf|PDF]]) ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20160909102920/http://tilt.twenex.org/|text]]) 
     * [[http://www.bourguet.org/v2/pdp10/cmds/|TOPS-20 Commands Reference Manual]]
     * [[http://sdf.org/?tutorials/tops20-interactive|TOPS-20 Interactive Tutorial (summary and transcript)]]
     * [[http://sdf.org/?tutorials/getting-into-twenex|Getting Into TWENEX]]
     * [[http://sdf.org/?tutorials/twenex-multiprg|Using Multiple Interactive Programs on TWENEX]]
     * [[references:interlisp]] //Some references to the interlisp programming language that we have here on twenex//
     * [[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp10/|PDP-10]] //bitsavers.org DEC PDP-10 documentation archive//
     * Wikidata item: [[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1481861|TOPS-20]]
     * [[https://wiki.texto-plano.xyz/doku.php?id=tutorial_de_tops-20_en_twenex.org|Tutorial de TOPS-20 en Español de TWENEX.ORG]]//TOPS-20 Tutorial (in Spanish)//