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

[John Dallman]

In article <s1s3kp$mbu$1 at dont-email.me>, davef at tsoft-inc.com (Dave Froble)
wrote:

> On 3/4/2021 7:02 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> > The only available VAX in 1979 was the 11/780. At roughly $200K - 
> > $250K US it's not likely you would have bought one. ;)
> I've always been amazed that such prices could be afforded back 
> then, but not now ....

Back then, that VAX setup was all of the computing for a sizeable team,
and they needed to have a good reason to get the budget for it. 

Nowadays, it comes in much smaller chunks: PCs, servers, more networking,
software likely priced on a different basis, and so on. It is probably
cheaper overall, and is standard for any and all kinds of business. 

And any way of doing things that isn't close to the cheapest available,
is "unaffordable."

John