[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <Pj7h$NS4aLvz at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <Td2dnSX7ar73ACzXnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> 
>> I know that there is some sort of a Unix-like shell on some recent 
>> releases but I think it was only in recent releases.
> 
>    I think you got the OP's reference to UNIX mixed up with VMS.
> 
>    However, back in the VMS 2 and 3 days Wollonging shipped Unice, a
>    UNIX environment for VMS which included a csh.

Actually, it was Eunice.  I still have a ditro tape.  I just wish there
was some way to get a license to run it.

> 
>    Later DEC shipped DECShell, an implementation of the Bourne shell.
> 
>    After that DEC shipped the POSIX kit, with the POSIX shell (a subset
>    of ksh).
> 
>    And now you can get GNV, which includes a bash.
> 
>    So UNIX shells on VMS have a long history, with gaps.

Software Tools Virtual Operating System back in 1980.  It also had
a shell and ran quite well on VMS as well as dozens of other OSes.

bill
 

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