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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Marshall <spam@capuchin.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: The joy of VAX Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:35:28 +0100 Organization: The first against the wall Lines: 26 Message-ID: <877cauvrnj.fsf@capuchin.co.uk> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vcub5c$36h63$1@dont-email.me> <1r0e6u9.1tubjrt1kapeluN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <vcuib9$37rge$5@dont-email.me> <vcvuhh$3hroa$2@dont-email.me> <llhieuF8ej2U2@mid.individual.net> <vd0uch$3lgc3$9@dont-email.me> <pDVIO.50851$2nv5.43199@fx39.iad> <vd3398$3j9t$1@dont-email.me> <vd3btv$503b$1@dont-email.me> <vd3e81$4fda$2@dont-email.me> <vd4h25$c3jf$6@dont-email.me> <vd5055$e8c6$1@dont-email.me> <vd527p$i6sg$4@dont-email.me> <vd5uni$mcj1$1@dont-email.me> <vd7f4p$tdq8$7@dont-email.me> <vd9ghk$1aumt$4@dont-email.me> Reply-To: robert@capuchin.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 09:40:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29ad5034b61c5066671a96a384cd77e1"; logging-data="1772205"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+sELZjTjnliNzHqjSEWxypahPWrS8MZf4=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:oz6YkoOLZ8ob5kJ9naYDuQiBCH0= sha1:Cj/vXBpRY7A9FQ6qHCTQpWui6is= X-Home-Page: http://rmstar.blogspot.com/ Bytes: 2498 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 -- Robert Marshall he/him twiX:@rajm https://mastodon.world/@rajm