[Info-vax] Time to turn DECUServe into a mixed VMScluster?
Simon Clubley
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Fri Jun 2 08:34:39 EDT 2023
On 2023-06-01, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2023-06-01 14:03, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-05-31, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>>> In article <nnd$6f0d1a96$39b9159a at 34e78233e2c9d371>,
>>> MG <em_geeNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>> On 31-May-2023 21:34, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> The totally new to VMS just wanting to try a few DCL commands
>>>>> probably do not care what architecture they are running on - most
>>>>> likely they will not even know. VMS is VMS.
>>>>
>>>> On what other platform can one run "a few DCL commands"?
>>>
>>> VAX. The future is VAX. Digital has it now!
>>
>> "Nothing sucks like a VAX". :-)
>
> I wonder if people will ever get that this quote is incorrect.
>
> There is a vacuum brand called VAX, but the quoted slogan was from
> another brand - Electrolux. "Nothing sucks like Electrolux". Which even
> rhymes properly.
>
> Johnny
>
No, it was used by the VAX vacuum cleaner people as well.
Could not find any direct advertising material references, but did find
these references:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/V/VAX.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14884244
Simon.
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