From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brett Shirley
Sent: Fri 1/13/2006 12:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 (way OT ...)
Al,
> I always wished that Microsoft would support
multiple file versions like
> VMS did.
I'm just curious, if you
have the time, for my own edification, what was
this VMS file system
feature? Could you elaborate how it worked?
Cheers,
BrettSh
[msft]
SDE - ESE
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Al Lilianstrom
wrote:
> Don't forget the VAXMate and PCSA v1.1. What a interesting
pair...
>
> My brother in law worked for DEC at that time and had a
VAXStation II
> and a Pro350 that he had bought from DEC in his basement.
Kept trying to
> sell me the Pro.
>
> VMS was great. I turned
off my last VAX just over 2 years ago. It had
> been up and running for 8
years. Great OS, great hardware, lousy company
>
management.
>
> I always wished that Microsoft would support
multiple file versions like
> VMS did.
>
>
al
>
> Lee, Wook wrote:
> >
Ah, now we're really dragging out the old war horses. My first job at
>
> DEC was writing CBI courses for the DECmate WPS+ list processing
module.
> > They gave me a Robin (think VT100 with a processor and dual
5.25" floppy
> > disks) to use at home (a little basement studio next
to the laundry room
> > in the basement of my apartment building in
Acton, MA.) My second job
> > was writing a device driver in C for a
Polaroid CRT-to-film peripheral
> > called the Polaroid Palette (had a
mini-high resolution B&W CRT and a
> > Color-filter wheel all
controlled by a Z80 processor) for the very same
> > Rainbow
PC.
> >
> > In those days, Digital could not decide on a PC
strategy. There were
> > three different product lines that all had
some potential but none of
> > them took off. We had the Rainbow which
was close to what became
> > mainstream with an 8088 or 8086 processor,
the DECmate with was
> > basically a secretarial workstation running
WPS+ and not much else and
> > the Pro 350 which was a repackaged
PDP-11 that spent a few years as the
> > console device for some of the
bigger VAXen. If I recall correctly, the
> > Pro 350 OS was based on
RSTS.
> >
> > Those were the good old days before 1987 and
Black Tuesday. I think I
> > had some Digital options at something like
$150. Sigh.
> >
> > Wook
> >
> >
-----Original Message-----
> > From:
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Kat Collins
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18
PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re:
[ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006
> >
> > Anyone remember the
Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal
> > computer.
Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own
> >
proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps.
It
> > died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for
about
> > 10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and
damned if I
> > could get it off!!
> >
> > And the
DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!!
> >
>
> On 1/11/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Ah but
people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the
> >
average
> >> bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on
DEC are more
> > well
> >> rounded and knowledgeable in the
field than the norm.
> >>
> >> The good ol days...
Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E
> > Monitor
>
>> Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on
the
> > internals
> >> so you could really wreak havoc. I
think he also wrote the original
> > Trek too
> >> so if
your system was still up after poking around in the internals
> >
you
> >> could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52.
>
>>
> >> I got my first official corporate support position
supporting OS/2 and
> > Win31
> >> on Token Ring back in
the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so
> > people in
>
>> the panel interview started asking me questions about the
equipment
> > the job
> >> was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token
Ring) and I couldn't answer any of
> > the
> >> questions
so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC
> > questions
and
> >> a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my
choice of
> > the
> >> three open positions they had even
though I knew nothing about any of
> > them.
> >>
:)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:
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> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of John
> > McGlinchey
> >> Sent: Tuesday,
January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> >> To:
[email protected]
> >> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC
2006
> >>
> >> My experience is just the opposite. I
attended DECUS (The other DEC,
> > Digital
> >> Equipment
Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the
> > 90's
and
> >> the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing
enough
> > money.
> >> This was attributed to 1) most of
the attendees knew the odds were
> > against
> >> them so
they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and
> > 2)
the
> >> ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning
too much.
> >>
> >> I'll not be attending but I'm
sending someone that works for me
> > instead.
> >> Have a
good conference.
> >>
> >> John McGlinchey
>
>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Thommes,
> >>> Michael M.
> >>> Sent:
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM
> >>> To:
[email protected]
> >>> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:
DEC 2006
> >>>
> >>> I think you are going to find
the same at Green Valley -
> >>> http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html
>
>>>
> >>> Leave your car and house titles at
home!
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