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01/13/2006 10:50 AM
Doesn't shadow copy essentially give you multiple file versions? From: ActiveDir-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Brett ShirleySent: Fri 1/13/2006 12:46 PMTo: ActiveDir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: 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 wasthis VMS file system feature? Could you elaborate how it worked?Cheers,BrettSh [msft]SDE - ESEOn 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!> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx> >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx> >> List archive:> > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx> >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx> >> List archive:> > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/> >> >> > --> > Kat Collins - "The Email of the species is more powerful than the Mail!"> >> > "The human voice is the organ of the soul." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx> > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx> > List archive:> > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx> > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx> > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/>> -->> Al Lilianstrom> CD/CSS/CSI> Al.Lilianstrom@xxxxxxxx> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx> List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/>List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspxList FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspxList archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/

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