[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

[bill]

On 7/26/2023 2:33 PM, Rich Alderson wrote:
> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> 
>> On 2023-07-26, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>> On 7/26/2023 8:14 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> On 2023-07-25, Chris Townley <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>>>> Never used macro32 - I gave up any low level language after playing with
>>>>> Zilog Z80 code in the early 80s
> 
>>>> Of all the assembly languages I have used (PDP-11, VAX, Alpha, x86, MIPS,
>>>> ARM, Z80, 8-bit PIC, plus various historical others), I found traditional
>>>> full ARM to be by far the nicest and 8-bit PIC was easily the most ugly.
> 
>>> It's been a very long time ago, but I sort of liked Macro-10.
> 
>> Unfortunately, that's _way_ before my time... :-)
> 
> Ha!  I still make a living programming in Macro-{10,20}, because certain tools
> are written in it and nothing else will do.
> 

Wait a minute.  Are you saying you still make a living supporting 
SYSTEM-10 and SYSTEM-20 computers and not just hobbyist machines?

Brings up  yet another question, I guess.

I have always wondered why they created the VAX instead of continuing
development of the PDP-11. I mean, look what INTEL did taking the 8080
(or maybe even the 8008) all the way to x86-64.

But now I have to wonder why they didn't just continue development of
the 10 and 20.

bill