[Info-vax] Was the RECALL command limited to 8 entries in a much earlier version of OpenVMS?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <be211299-a4cf-41c9-a03e-e7a4f6a1964fn at googlegroups.com>,
"alanfe... at gmail.com" <alanfeldman48 at gmail.com> writes: 

> Maybe it was limited to 24? 
> 
> I have a comment in my TO.COM saying I was using READ SYS$COMMAND
> instead of INQUIRE to avoid putting things in the RECALL buffer. So what
> were its limits long ago? Probably pre-2000. 

Maybe for security reasons rather than limited length?