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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of VAX
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:15:03 -0700
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Robert Marshall <spam@capuchin.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 28 2024, Pancho <Pancho.Jones@proton.me> wrote:
> 
>> On 9/28/24 00:29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> My knowledge of those documents comes from having actual paper
>>> copies
>>> while using actual physical machines, back in the day when these systems
>>> were new.
>>> 
>> 
>> Well, ok, 40 years on I can't remember every manual I read. Especially
>> given the size of the VMS collection.
>> 
>> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Vax-vms-grey-wall.jpg>
>> 
>> I do have a vague memory the Vax C manual you mention was an orange
>> one, and smaller than the rest, no idea if it is a correct memory. I
>> can't even remember much of K&R now.
>> 
> 
> I can't remember any Vax manuals being grey just orange like on the rhs
> of your picture. Did it depend on the date or the country they were
> distributed from?
> 
> Robert

Date. It changed from “orange wall” to “grey wall” (or visa-versa)

-- 
Pete