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Author: Lars Brinkhoff <lars.brinkhoff@delphi.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 24 11:48:49 2016 +0200

    Initial README for this repository.

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+# Build ITS from scratch
+
+### About ITS
+
+ITS, the Incompatible Timesharing System, is an operating system for
+the PDP-10 computer family.  It was written by hackers at MIT in the
+1960s.  The MIT site was shut down in 1990, but enthusiasts continue
+to operate ITS systems to this day.
+
+### Building it from scratch
+
+This repository contains source code, tools, and scripts to build ITS
+from scratch.
+
+...or at least, that's the plan.  There will be some initial
+experimentation in the [`test` branch](http://github.com/PDP-10/its/tree/test).