[Info-vax] VAX/VMS V1, V1.5 or anything older than V5

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 30 May 2012 09:39:03 -0700, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> Huh? TSO was *introduced* in 1971.
> There were lots of much better time sharing systems around already
> then...
> 
> TSO was a dinosaur even when it was new. And it didn't improve much with
> time. I remember people using it in the 80s, with little amusement.

Hmm.  I came across an IBM'er circa 1993 who was proud of TSO's 
capabilities.  He thought it was cutting edge technology.  That might 
make you smile but for mainframe shops who were still stuck doing 
everything in batch, it probably was, and he was certainly making a very 
good living out of it.

-- 
Paul Sture