[Info-vax] So Long

[Jim Duff]

On 12/12/24 03:04, Jilly wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> On Friday the time will come to close up my system and retire.  I started this
> journey in 1979, hired by Digital's Upgrade Training Program in CXO to learn
> electronics and started working on the RM02/03 manufacturing line.  From there
> I went to NYC Field Service and in 1989 I met John Hockett at a CSC Road Show
> interview. In May I was working on the VMS Internals and Performance team in
> CX03, hugely lucky in getting Mark Morris as a cube mate. John & Mark were
> primarily responsible for my progression in VMS Support.  In 1992 I started
> WFH and have been at home in Waverly, NY since 1994. I have worked with a
> number of highly talented people in the VMS ecosystem and am very grateful for
> all the collaborations I received over the years.
> 
> My plans are to travel for family events, play more golf, do more racing
> travel but most of all, play more poker.
> 
> I wish VSI all the best for the future of VMS.
> 
> Have a safe & happy holiday.
> 
> Jilly

Congratulations on your retirement!

If I recall, the last bug you and I uncovered was this little beauty...

https://www.eight-cubed.com/blog/archives/001285.html
https://www.eight-cubed.com/blog/archives/001289.html

Which turned out to be an issue with the port of an MACRO-32 module to C 
back in the VAX to Alpha port.  If I remember correctly, the problem was 
the port had failed to include a memory barrier in the C code which was 
implied in the MACRO-32, and the bug hid for over 30 years until an IA64 
doing *lots* of directory renames on the same disk in parallel uncovered it.

Fun times :)
Jim
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