[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Paul Sture]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:12:17 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply
wrote:

> While I agree with your sentiments regarding the advantages of a paper
> manual (I have a full set of the Grey Wall), to be fair Jan-Erik was
> comparing reading the documentation on a system other than the one one
> is working on to reading the documentation on the system one is working
> on itself, which is obviously a problem if said system is booting etc.
> (I do disagree with Jan-Erik regarding "working on the system"; I like
> to work on the server itself as far as possible, not logged in remotely
> from a Windows laptop or whatever.  But that is another issue.)

I much prefer to get the network up and retreat to the comfort of an 
office.  I suppose this dates back to the time when I could use a VT 
rather than hard copy console, but later on, the advantages of having a 
VT520 (with rudimentary copy/paste) or a DECterm session made me more 
productive / less prone to typos.



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Paul Sture