15 May
1999
15 May
'99
1:11 p.m.
<I want to do assembly programming and other things on my MVaxII that
<are generally not covered in the Manager's manual etc. It just seems
<that every now and then someone has an orange wall that needs a home.
Or keep a look for the gray wall (later version of similar material).
If memory serves orange was V4.XX (maybe V3 too) and gray was V5.XX.
And yes they are s significant resource. About six months back I lucked
into a copy of the gray wall (30 volumes!). Would never part with it and
it's my first set even though Microvaxen were something I was involved with
since '85!
Allison
15 May
15 May
2:14 p.m.
Or keep a look for the gray wall (later version of
similar material).
If memory serves orange was V4.XX (maybe V3 too) and gray was V5.XX.
That's right, Orange is V4.x and Grey is V5.x, isn't V3 Blue? I seem to
remember hearing either V1 or V2 is white (there was actually a USENET
thread on this a couple months ago). V6-V7.1 the colour depends on the
type of manual (User, System Manager, or Programming), with V7.2 they're
white
And yes they are s significant resource. About six
months back I lucked
into a copy of the gray wall (30 volumes!). Would never part with it and
it's my first set even though Microvaxen were something I was involved with
since '85!
You're lucky! As a bit of info for anyone _REALLY_ into OpenVMS, the basic
Hardcopy Doc set is actually quite reasonably priced. It's when you get
the Full set it get's expensive. The thing to do is get the basic set, and
any specific manuals out of the full set you're interested in. The Basic
set came to $15 apiece, and the two cluster manuals I got were $30 each.
Or you can simply access them on the web.
http://www.openvms.digital.com:8000/ I just checked and it does include a
VAX Macro book.
Zane
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At 19:14 15/05/99 -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
That's right, Orange is V4.x and Grey is V5.x,
isn't V3 Blue? I seem to
remember hearing either V1 or V2 is white (there was actually a USENET
thread on this a couple months ago).
OK, it's been a long while, but I know that V3 manuals were Blue, and V1
were white. I just can't remember what V2 were, I suspect blue as well, but
wouldn't be surprised that they were white. My first major VMS systems
programming job was to upgrade an 11/780 from 2.4 to 3.0. It took most of a
weekend, not helped by the fact that you had to install different versions
of the microcode at various points during the upgrade, and it took 30+
minutes to discover that you'd got the wrong one in. The 8" floppy on an
11/78x was not renowned for speed. ISTR that the interface was one bit wide.
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