[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

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In article <7ljgvjF3e5hd8U2 at mid.individual.net>, Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> writes:
>On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:24 +0000, VAXman- wrote:
>
>> In article <iNqdnfhzKIfVi2nXnZ2dnUVZ_jSdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
>> Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>>>Neil Rieck wrote:
>>>> Since any idiot can put up a web page these days, you know it all
>>>> can't be true. So imagine my surprise when I bumped into this:
>>>> 
>>>> http://radsoft.net/rants/20040831,00.shtml
>>>> 
>>>> <quote>Dave always wanted to rewrite VMS in C. He hated Unix but loved
>>>> C. As soon as he'd finished VMS he suggested the rewrite. He was
>>>> turned down flat. Several years later he found himself in Seattle and
>>>> essentially was doing the rewrite in C when word came DEC were tired
>>>> of him.</quote>
>>>> 
>>>> This article contains lots of other (possibly) questionable facts, but
>>>> think about the statement above "rewrite VMS in C". If this had
>>>> happened, we would have VMS or OpenVMS on any platform including
>>>> x86-64
>>>> 
>>>> NSR
>>>
>>>Not ANY platform!  There are architectural requirements; things like
>>>number and sizes of registers, processor modes, etc.
>>>
>>>Many years ago, somebody wrote PCVMS.  I bought a copy.  It had a DCL
>>>like command language, and VMS-like system services.  It was NOT VMS.
>> 
>> Wendin Associate.  I had a copy too when I was working at Lakehurst
>> NAEC.  It was considered a toy and little more.
>
>It's wasn't a serious attempt. The real product was a small OS kernel, 
>with multiple 'personalities' laid on top. There was a PC-UNIX which was 
>equally unlike UNIX.
>
>I have disks and manuals for PC-VMS somewhere...

I have the disks (or images of) but no manuals.  Can you scan them and
make them available?  I'll put them on-line with the disk images if you
would.

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