[Info-vax] RSTS/E, was: Re: VMS x86 performance ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-11-03, Henry Crun <mike at rechtman.com> wrote:
>
> Things I miss on VMS that I remember from RSTS/E
>
> 1. The SYSTAT cusp, which showed details of running jobs
> (Took a while, but I have a VMS equivalent. Linux has top and htop)
> 2. The UTILTY program which had an option to force input to another process
> (Useful for saving stuck users, or changing batch jobs mid-stream)

Good luck getting that past an auditor these days. :-)

> 3.An undocumented, unsupported SYS call (IIRC SYS(chr(10...) ) which allowed
> a suitably privileged System Manager to see anaother process' or user's input buffers.
> (Not used often, but an occasional lifesaver!)
>

Likewise. :-)

> OTOH what I don't miss:
> ACCT.SYS -- all the passwords readable, and using the KED editor (pre-EDT) left it readable on disk.
> Having to jump through hoops to use the equivalent of a batch queue

Is this RSTS/E V8 and earlier or RSTS/E V9 and above ?

I'm not familiar with the OPSER stuff that was in V8 and earlier as it
was before my time, but I remember PBS in V9 and above as being very
VMS-like in how you interacted with it.

Simon.

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