[Info-vax] RSTS/E and VMS connection

[bill]

WE have often heard that VMS on the VAX was the logical procession
from RS11 on the PDP.  I was looking around at my bookshelf and saw
my 1983-84 RSTS/E PDP-11 Operating System book and it kinda piqued
my interest so I picked it up and did a  little lite reading.

This brought a couple question to mind.

But first, the funny part.  Page 2-12 has Table 2-2 Disk Devices.
Wish I had one of those 104MB RL02's it lists.  Mine were all
10.4MB.  :-)

There is a whole paragraph about compatibility with VAX/VMS.  It
mentions "The BASIC Transportability Package" for moving BASIC
program from RSTS/E to VMS.  Of course, VMS BASIC at that time was
probably nothing like what it is today.

And there is another note about "The RSTS/E and VAX/VMS Compatbility
Manual".  I would love to see a copy of that.

And one other note or rather a kind of question.  The book (and some
of the other DEC Books) are loaded with pictures of people working
with DEC systems.  Does anyone know if these were all professionally
staged pictures or are these people who worked at DEC?  And if the
latter, any chance someone can identify any of them?

bill