[Info-vax] [OT] Portable operating systems, was: Re: PowerX Roadmap -

[Bob Koehler]

In article <nrrrl7$84n$1 at dont-email.me>, GreyCloud <mist at cumulus.com> writes:
> 
> Not totally true on the modes.  Why did Data Generals machines have 8 modes?
> I know they went out of business, but why 8?
> 

   PHM over-reaction?  Supposedly DG saw the 4 modes of a VAX, felt they
   were an unecessary complication, and lost thier shirt building a
   computer without them.  So if 4 is good, 8 must be great?