Sujet : Re: The joy of VAX
De : spam (at) *nospam* capuchin.co.uk (Robert Marshall)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc alt.folklore.computersDate : 29. Sep 2024, 08:35:28
Autres entêtes
Organisation : The first against the wall
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On Sat, Sep 28 2024, Pancho <
Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
On 9/28/24 00:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
My knowledge of those documents comes from having actual paper
copies
while using actual physical machines, back in the day when these systems
were new.
>
Well, ok, 40 years on I can't remember every manual I read. Especially
given the size of the VMS collection.
>
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Vax-vms-grey-wall.jpg>
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I do have a vague memory the Vax C manual you mention was an orange
one, and smaller than the rest, no idea if it is a correct memory. I
can't even remember much of K&R now.
>
I can't remember any Vax manuals being grey just orange like on the rhs
of your picture. Did it depend on the date or the country they were
distributed from?
Robert
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