Sujet : Re: New meets old
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 17. Jun 2025, 23:51:30
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:45:41 +0930, Mark Daniel wrote:
The fact VMS supported punched card devices always amuses me as it
clearly shows VMS with one foot in a long-obsolete era and the other
foot in a more modern era.
It shouldn't at all be a surprise!
They were still in high-end use in 2001!
How about in real life: I recall a description of the boot process for
Debian on IBM zSeries, where you have to create a file for some bootloader
thingie in a format where each line emulates the layout of a punch card.
New meets old
Re: New meets old