[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-05-31, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> In the past it has been rather hard to write the graphics device 
> drivers.  In no small part to the secrecy practiced by some graphics 
> card mfgs.  I've read that some of that secrecy is less of a problem 
> recently.
>

And it's not only graphics cards. Sometimes even the most basic devices
have heavily restricted programming information.

For example, try finding any freely available programming documentation
for the FTDI or Prolific USB serial ports themselves instead of some
OS specific device driver supplied by the vendor.

Yes, that's right, USB serial ports... :-(

Simon.

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