[Info-vax] SET DEFAULT iterative logical name translation

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 3:07:08 AM UTC+13, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> When there were only 26 drive letters (24 if you accept that 
> two were owned by floppies) how many physical drive could one actually 
> attach to a PC system? 

Your point was valid in 1980, and starting to seem a bit weak by 1990. Consider how it looks today.

I wonder how Dave Cutler feels, knowing that his next-generation “New Technology” OS, ostensibly created from the ground up to take full advantage of 32-bit hardware, is still hobbled by a limitation baked into its heart that dates back to the 8-bit era.

At least VMS never had to suffer that ignominy...