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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mlfbla$ok5$1 at dont-email.me>,
	David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 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
>> 
> 
> DEC/s DOS for PDP-11

Was PDP-11 DOS ever offered as a product?  I certainly never saw it if
it was.  The only real experience I have with it is as the underlying
OS on XXDP.

bill

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