[Info-vax] Which symbol to use for VMS?

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Fri Jun 12 10:05:50 EDT 2015


Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>
>I wonder which has more systems, both production and hobbyist, PDP-11's
>(which had three OSes to choose from) or the VMS Systems (which has 3
>hardware platforms.)

The Vax systems had plenty of OS choices too.  You could purchase officially
supported from DEC your choice of VMS, VaxELN, or Ultrix-32.  There were some
third-party systems too, like the UCSD P-System, S-1, and I think Pick.
So there are plenty of choices any way you go.
--scott
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