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
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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
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