[Info-vax] OpenVMS 35th anniversary

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-10-04 00:13, Rich Alderson wrote:
> Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca> writes:
>
>> I just received this email from HP.
>
>> ##################################
>
>> Dear OpenVMS Enthusiasts,
>
>> HP OpenVMS will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on Oct 25th 2012.=20
>
> Not be to curmudgeonly, but isn't that the 35th anniversary of the VAX-11/780,
> which ran RSX-11M at customer sites until VMS was released sometime in 1978?

Not that I would know the details, Rich, but RSX have never been able to 
run on a VAX. The PDP-11 compatibility mode on a VAX don't extend past 
user mode.

User space CUSPs and languages in VMS was pretty much RSX-11M for the 
first couple of years, though.

	Johnny