[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <h9behs$2ko$2 at gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk>, rf10 at cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes:
>> and the fortran compiler also ran in compatibility mode, though (iirc)
>> it produced 32-bit code.
> 
>    So did the SOS editor.  You should have seen the CPU load on my
>    11/780 go down when I convinced people full screen EDT was easier
>    to learn than SOS was to use.
> 

I had to use SOS early in my VMS career!  EDT was available but it 
required a DEC terminal, VT-52, VT-100 or VT-200.  Nobody had realized 
before we ordered our VAX, that it required proprietary terminals.  SOS 
wasn't too bad as an editor but I replaced as soon as wee got some VT 
compatible third party terminals for which we payed about $600 instead 
of the ~$2,000 each VT-220s.