[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <h9gcni$qid$1 at naig.caltech.edu>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> wrote:
> (snip)
>  
>> SOS, Son of Stopgap - I used that on TOPS10 before I discovered
>> teco :-)
> 
> I used SOS on TOPS10 even after I knew about TECO.

   TOPS-10 was the first system I ever knew.  We were taught how to
   logon, use TECO, execute programs from source, and print files.
   Then we were told to go find a FORTRAN book and write a simple 
   program.

   This was a two week assignment in sophmore physics lab, the high
   energy group owned the PDP-10.  We were told that you did high 
   energy physics by collecting data on a PDP-11 and analyzing it
   on a PDP-10.

   And I knew we were lucky not to have to use the campus mainframe
   in the basement of the math building.  I once tried to help a friend
   with a "FORTRAN problem", but it turned out she was having a JCL
   problem.  I didn't have to learn JCL until I got my first job.

   But the PDP-11 was just a data collection device that I didn't
   really have to learn until I'd had a VAX for two years.