[Info-vax] minicopy confusion explained

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kc21jd$l83$1 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, "Robert A. Brooks"
<rab at hp.com> writes: 

> MULTIUSE was an HBMM add-on after the initial implementation.  Whereas 
> the first release for HBMM was an UPDATE kit to V7.3-2, I *guess* that 
> MULTIUSE came out for V8.4 (perhaps V8.3) and was not backported.

It's in the 8.4 HELP, but not in the 8.3 HELP, so I assume 8.4.

> I'm pretty sure that my last major addition to $GETDVI -- the addition 
> of the pathname parameter (which is only relevant for a few item codes), 
> the addition of the long-awaited dvi$_mountcnt_cluster item code, and 
> dvi$_adapter_ident were backported to V7.3-2.  I *think*

$ sh sys/noproc
OpenVMS V7.3-2  on node JANDER   2-JAN-2013 20:33:33.41  Uptime  0 23:
48:38
$ write sys$output f$getdvi("sys$disk","mountcnt_cluster")
3

> that dvi$_mountcnt_cluster may have been documented in a V7.3-2 SYS kit.

It's not in HELP.  Perhaps in a patch which came out after hobbyist 
access was cut off.  :-|

To me, it seems like the multiuse stuff offers much more functionality 
than the traditional minicopy that I'm surprised it didn't come out 
earlier.