[Info-vax] Part number encoding

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
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>>I think MAYBE 1985.  One big problem was that existing machines did not 
>>have CDROM drives and, in many cases, could not be economically 
>>retrofitted with CDROM.
> 
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> 
> With Digital, I think CDs began much later, probably 1990.

When did the VS3100 appear?
They can boot VMS off CD
(although they are very picky),
so by the time their firmware was finalized
CD media might have existed already.