[Info-vax] Part number encoding

[Bob Eager]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:17:04 +0100, Michael Kraemer wrote:

> JF Mezei schrieb:
>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.

About 1990, if I remember correctly when I got my first one.



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