[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 18:18:39 -0400, Robert A. Brooks wrote:

> On 7/23/2020 6:14 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:18:40 -0700, Bob Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>> V7.3-1 (RUBY) and V7.3-2 (OPAL) were Alpha-only releases
>> 
>> Just a minor query, Bob. The hobbyist distribution has an OpenVMS
>> V7.3-2 on it. Where does that fit in!
> 
> I'm not sure what you are asking; as Bob pointed out, V7.3-2 was an
> Alpha-only release.  V7.3 was the last VAX release.
> 
> V7.3-2 was released in 2003, and had a lot of update kits.
> 
> Among the new features added to V7.3-2 via various updates was the
> Host-Based Minimerge feature for Host-Based Volume Shadowing.

My bad. I could have sworn my VAX hobbyist system was V7.3-2, but I just 
booted it to check, and of course it isn't!



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