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From: Robert Marshall <spam@capuchin.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: The joy of VAX
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:35:28 +0100
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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
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