> On Feb 16, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Johnny Billquist <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2016-02-16 07:57, Wilm Boerhout wrote:
>> Zane Healy schreef op 15-2-2016 om 18:20:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> There are plenty of good VAX and VMS manuals out there, including the
>>> documentation set. Check eBay and abebooks.com.
>>>
>>> The last version of VMS that will run on a VAX is v7.3.
>>>
>>> Zane
>> More precisely, V7.3 will run on *any* VAX, including the primal
>> VAX-11/780. This level of backwards compatibility is unique.
>
> No, it is not. Talk to IBM about S/360... :-)
Nor is it unique at DEC. Consider RT-11. And possibly RSX-11/M (I don't know
that one well enough -- does it run on an 11/20?)
paul
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