2 Aug
2010
2 Aug
'10
8:36 p.m.
On 2 Aug 2010 at 20:06, Eric Smith wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
CDC terminology generally was "label". On Zodiac, we had a "Label
label table" for multivolume databases. A bitmap was used to track
allocation, called a Block Reservation Table and called "Bert".
IBM had DASD (anyone pronouce it?); CDC had RMS. Crossing between
the two cultures could be very confusing.
Did anyone have a pronounceable version of "VSN"? (Volume Serial
Number)
--Chuck
Does no one remember Veetock? (VTOC)
Sure. On both IBM machines and the Apple II. Did anyone else use it?