[Info-vax] x86-64-based Superdomes on the way (says HP)

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 12/1/2011 8:35 AM, Paul Sture wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:18:43 -0800, Ken Robinson wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:14:46 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig---undress
>> to reply wrote:
>>> In article<4ed3dea8$0$6909$e4fe... at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
>>> <marc... at SPAMxs4all.nl>  writes:
>>>
>>>> On 27-11-2011 11:26, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>>>> Clustering is important, and AFAIK no other system can do what VMS
>>>>> could do already 20 years ago, but it is one relatively small part
>>>>> of VMS.
>>>>
>>>> Way more than 'just' 20 by now, but yes.
>>>
>>> Not that much.  When was clustering introduced?  Late 1980's?
>>
>> I worked on my first VAX Cluster in late 1984. In fact the cluster I was
>> managing was the first one that our local DEC office installed and they
>> were stymied for two weeks by a cryptic error message that occurred when
>> they tried to boot the 3 systems with separate system disks into the
>> cluster for the first time.
>>
>> Ken
>
> I recall turning down a job in 1986 because they weren't intending to use
> clusters.  As things turned out, I didn't manage to get my hands on one
> (in the management sense) until 1991.
>

Turning down a job?  Talk about nostalgia!!!!