[Info-vax] The VMS terminal driver ( was: DCL and scripting)

[Dave Froble]

On 12/12/2018 10:04 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 12/12/2018 7:27 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <pursc2$mj4$1 at dont-email.me>, "Robert A. Brooks"
>> <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> writes:
>>> For those keeping score at home, there is no SVAPTE on X86, which is
>>> keeping
>>> our driver maintainers quite busy.
>>
>> ^^
>> @@
>>
>> That's gonna make things interesting.  I can't wait to see this when
>> it's all
>> available.  I'll be needing to make changes in my code too.
>
>
> New data structure -- I/O buffer descriptor (IOBD)
>
> It'll be a requirement for X86, and will also work for IA64.
>
> Alpha, maybe.
>
> All the work is being done on IA64 now.
>

Rob, you don't mention at what level this will be required.  Device 
drivers?  Any I/O buffer?

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