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

[David Froble]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <mleovu$1j1$1 at panix2.panix.com>,
> 	kludge at panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:
>> 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
> 
> The PDP-11 had others, I was mostly interested in the DEC OSes.
> 
> But if we are adding for completeness, UCSD-Pascal, Ultrix-11, BSD Unix,
> AT&T Unix, XINU :-)  And there were others, too, I am sure.
> 
> Oh, and there was another from DEC that I think would have been in the same
> class as VAXELN.  It was called IAS, I think.  But I know of no copies of it
> still inexistence.  At least I have never been able to get a copy anywhere.
> 
> 
> Another one, from DEC, DSM (Digital Standard Mumps).  I have a copy of that
> around here somewhere.
> 
> And then there was CP/M for the VAX.
> 
> Lot's to choose from, but, as I said, I was mostly interested in the DEC
> OS usage.  Actually, I would bet that Unix use ate into VMS use much more
> than it did any of the PDP-11 OSes. 
> 
> bill
> 

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