[Info-vax] Large mailboxes

[Marc Van Dyck]

Dave Froble formulated the question :
> Which most likely seemed a huge number, back in 1978.
>
> What can be reported, and what can exist, just might not be the same.
>
> Run a simple test.  Store the messages, each one unique, then read them back 
> insuring each message was stored and forwarded.  Might be interesting.
>
Yes I will do that next monday and report the results here.
>
> What was the max memory on an 11/780?  Something like 8 MB?  Yes, it was a 
> virtual memory machine.  But how many messages might the devs have 
> anticipated, back then?
>
> There just might be a word integer storing the # of messages, or, maybe VMS 
> doesn't care, and it's some type of list.
>
That's what I remembered from the Digital Technical Journal article I
mentioned.

BTW, the first VAX I worked with had 1.5 MB of DEC memory and another
MB from a less expensive third party company. This is the kind of
figure that lets you figure how far we are coming from, and how fast
it has evolved. Today it's the memory size you get in a wristwatch...

-- 
Marc Van Dyck