Re: The joy of VAX

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>
 
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