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Gil
Posts:119
 | | 01/13/2006 9:58 AM |
| When you saved a file, it didn't overwrite the old version... You would
have files like foo.txt;1 foo.txt;2, etc. until you explicitly removed
the old versions.
-g
-----Original Message-----
From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:46 AM
To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kat Collins
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18 PM
> > To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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 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: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John
> > McGlinchey
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM
> >> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> 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: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thommes,
> >>> Michael M.
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM
> >>> To: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> 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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> >
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