1 Feb
2008
1 Feb
'08
1:38 p.m.
My last comment on this bit of absurdity is
from Bob Supnik, who would have been in the
position to know as one of the senior VAX
engineers in the 80's.
I didn't even bother asking if a PDP-11 version
of OS/2 existed.
--
No, there was no VAX version of OS/2.
And a luggable wasn't done on my watch.
No idea who Dan Gahlinger is, either.
Does he have a "VAXmate" (which was really a
PC, and could run OS/2) confused with a VAX?
Now, if he means "luggable like a Rainbow",
which was just a PC chassis without keyboard or monitor,
then there were tons of those - every VAXstation looked
more or less like a Rainbow, since they all came out of
the same industrial design group ("any color you want,
as long as its beige"). If he means a real luggable,
with a built in monitor and keyboard, I never saw one.
But the VAXstation 2000 was fairly small, only slightly
bigger than a DECmate, so repackaging it with a fold out
keyboard and a small monitor would have been possible,
if some government group wanted one.
/Bob