[Info-vax] Hard links on VMS ODS5 disks

[John Dallman]

In article <1389dbdd-5e45-4688-a8ae-ff36de25ee78n at googlegroups.com>,
gah4 at u.washington.edu (gah4) wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 5:05:41_PM UTC-7, bill wrote:
> > But now I have to wonder why they didn't just continue 
> > development of the 10 and 20.  

> Partly, the world was moving to 8 bit byte addressable systems.  
> Or at least an 8 bit character set.  
> 
> But yes, it seems that many wondered that at the time.

It looks like a commercial decision. As of 1982-83, when the decision was
being made, VAX was wildly successful, and DEC-10 and DEC-20 were not
growing fast. 

John