[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Oswald Knoppers]

Op zaterdag 26 augustus 2023 om 16:51:23 UTC+2 schreef Johnny Billquist:
> On 2023-08-26 14:50, bill wrote: 
> > On 8/25/2023 8:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> >> On 8/25/2023 5:50 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote: 
> >>> On 8/25/2023 12:38 PM, Roy Omond wrote: 
> >>>>    A good number of my 
> >>>> class colleagues ended up at DEC (remember Spiralog ?). 
> >>> 
> >>> Ah, isn't sort of like asking if anyone remembers the TK50 or 
> >>> RC25? 
> >> 
> >> Everyone that had to wait for a MicroVAX II to boot on 
> >> a TK50 tape probably remember ... 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > After installing MicroVMS from that box of RX50's a TK50 would be 
> > like trading in a VW for a Ferrari.
> Agree. I did install MicroVMS from RX50 once. Oh boy did I wish I had 
> had a TK50 instead. 

IIRC vmsinstal used backup with verify to read the 40 floppy's. And then 10 more for a mandatory update.

Fun times.

Oswald