[Info-vax] How things have changed (was Re: VMS 8.4-2L1 on AXPBox)

[Hunter Goatley]

On 1/1/2021 7:14 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> But then, speed
> wasn't the problem.  I started in this business when a compile was
> a good time to go out for lunch.


When I first started working for Clyde Digital Systems in February 1987, 
I was surprised to see several bookcases full of science fiction and 
fantasy novels scattered around the programmers' area.

I understood why when I learned that the six developers were all using 
one VAX 11/730 for all development work. The 11/730 was painful for a 
single user, but multiple builds? The guys would start a build, then 
kick back with a novel and read for an hour or two.

I couldn't handle that for long, so I started---without 
permission---using the company's business-side VAX 11/750 for my 
development work. That flew by comparison, but was still a far cry from 
the VAX 11/785 I had been used to using at WKU.

Hunter