[Info-vax] Alpha V8.4-2 distribution

[David Froble]

Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2016-06-20, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The following is something I wasn't quite ready for ....
>>   Where's the surprise?  How does this stuff differ from any
>> other Alpha VMS installation CD (other than the VMS version
>> numbers)?

Really, does recent distribution have all those directories?

>>> Directory LDA1:[000,000]
>>    Why waste the effort on the comma?
>>
> 
> Maybe David misses his RSTS/E days ? :-)
> 
> Simon.
> 

Well, if you were to pay attention to details ....

AS800> syh
OpenVMS V8.4-2  on node AS800   20-JUN-2016 19:01:29.55   Uptime  0 00:38:02

AS800> dir lda1:[0,0]

Directory LDA1:[0,0]

000000.DIR;1        AVAIL_MAN_BASE.DIR;1                    BACKUP.SYS;1
BADBLK.SYS;1        BADLOG.SYS;1        BITMAP.SYS;1

You will note that in the original post, there is no "$" or even "AS800>" prompt 
in front of ">>> Directory LDA1:[000,000]", so, it was the output of the 
directory command that used the comma.  I may have wasted the comma, but it 
wasn't what was commented upon.

RSTS/E was fun.  No, I don't miss TKB ....