[Info-vax] What are the earliest DEC operating systems you worked with ?

Marc Van Dyck marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be
Thu Mar 4 11:50:47 EST 2021


Simon Clubley laid this down on his screen :
> What are the earliest DEC operating systems you worked with ?
>
> For me, I started with a PDP-11 running RSTS/E V9.{something early},
> then onto VAX/VMS V5.{something} and then onto Alpha VMS V6.{something}.
>
> I have not touched any Itanium systems.
>
> Simon.

University, 1980. VAX/VMS V2.0 on a VAX 780.
2,5 GB of memory, 3 disks of 72 MB each, a tape drive, and 40 serial
lines hooked to VT100 or LA120 (for APL, we were FT site) terminals.
Ah yes, and two LPxxx printers and a card reader.
Never left VMS after that, till now...

-- 
Marc Van Dyck



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