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

alanfe...@gmail.com alanfeldman48 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 17:41:05 EST 2022


On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 11:44:45 AM UTC-5, Volker Halle wrote:
> alanfe... at gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2022 um 12:56:13 UTC+1: 
> > Maybe it was limited to 24?
> From OpenVMS V7.1 User Manual (NOV-1991): 
> 
> On OpenVMS VAX systems, the recall buffer holds up to 20 previously entered commands. 
> On OpenVMS Alpha systems, the recall buffer holds up to 254 previously entered commands. 
> 
> Command line recall seems to have been introduced in V6.2 
> 
> Volker.

Wow, as late as 6.2 on VAX it was only 20 previous commands!

Introduced in V4.4 or earlier.



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