[Info-vax] OpenVMS 35th anniversary

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Johnny Billquist wrote 2012-10-04 12:18:
> 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
>

But the point must be (with regard to the anniversary), from what point
in time was it called "VMS" ? Not what was "under the hood"...

Jan-Erik.