[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Scott Dorsey]

John Reagan  <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 11:19:24 AM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> On 2016-09-12 13:34:21 +0000, Kerry Main said:
>> >
>> > Does this answer the question of being capable of addressing the 
>> > mid-tier layer in the IoT world??
>> 
>> No, because we don't live in that world any more.  Running SCADA systems is
>> a very different thing than dealing with highly integrated small scale
>> machines.
>> 
>> And... having done factory automation work in the eighties using VMS as
>> the second tier, I can certainly attest that VMS isn't even the right tool
>> for that job.  It worked, but boy was it painful and boy did we wish for
>> RT-11 back....
>
>I still have my CAMAC standard and remember those CAMAC crates (both serial and parallel buses).  Worked great on our 780s in the early 80s.

AAAAGH!  CAMAC!
Now I have to go get a drink.
--scott
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