[Info-vax] VMS literature recommendations?

VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG
Tue Jan 17 15:23:44 EST 2012


In article <00ABB876.571BEF50 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>In article <2c0d50c7-1761-4e5a-a30a-79635ccb6689 at o9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, DTL <didier.morandi at gmail.com> writes:
>>On 17 jan, 10:28, DTL <didier.mora... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not exactly, but he spent his whole DEC/Compaq life within VMS
>>> engineering...
>>incorrect correction : Hoff  did author parts of VMS, and worked in
>>two other DEC groups prior to joining VMS Engineering.
>>
>>(thanks to my private advisor)
>
>A search of the source listings for Mr. Hoffman's initials (SRH) did not
>turn up too many hits.  Authoring?  Perhaps, righting more than writing.
>IIRC, Hoff was involved with the VMS build environment more than anything
>else in VMS.

I'd like to add that the good Mr. Hoffman did do the lion's share of the 
work on the EFI for VMS on Itanium.  So, if VMS boots on your Itanium,
you owe him a bit of gratitude!

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