[HECnet] Network status

On 2011-03-12 08:15, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: Phone is available on RSX-11. So it is safe to assume that the VMS version got ported from RSX-11. Which dates Phone somewhere in the mid 70's, right? Coming from punched cards and papertape anything on a screen seems modern :-) No, I think you got that backwards. PHONE for RSX only exists for RSX-11M-PLUS, and it's pretty buggy and limited compared to the VMS version. I would suspect the RSX version was just a quick hack to get something phone-like to also run on RSX. Btw, PHONE also exists for TOPS-20. Also, I believe DECnet functionality, and PHONE as such, didn't come about until a bit later than VMS got started, so by that time, very little got ported from RSX to VMS. I would suspect PHONE to be around 80 or so. RSX and VMS was pretty much independent development by then. Johnny Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van:Bob Armstrong Afzender:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden:hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: RE: [HECnet] Network status Verzonden: 11 maart 2011 17:23 Want any hosts added to the phone directory? No, I actually prefer email. I'm not really into the this whole chat/texting/instant messaging/tweeting thing. Guess I'm just old fashioned. But then I wouldn't be here on this list if I wasn't :-) Bob Verzonden vanaf mijn draadloze BlackBerry -toestel -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol