When you saved a file, it didn't overwrite the old version... You would have files like foo.txt;1 foo.txt;2, etc. until you explicitly removed the old versions.
-g -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Shirley Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:46 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 (way OT ...) Al, > I always wished that Microsoft would support multiple file versions like > VMS did. I'm just curious, if you have the time, for my own edification, what was this VMS file system feature? Could you elaborate how it worked? Cheers, BrettSh [msft] SDE - ESE On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Al Lilianstrom wrote: > Don't forget the VAXMate and PCSA v1.1. What a interesting pair... > > My brother in law worked for DEC at that time and had a VAXStation II > and a Pro350 that he had bought from DEC in his basement. Kept trying to > sell me the Pro. > > VMS was great. I turned off my last VAX just over 2 years ago. It had > been up and running for 8 years. Great OS, great hardware, lousy company > management. > > I always wished that Microsoft would support multiple file versions like > VMS did. > > al > > Lee, Wook wrote: > > Ah, now we're really dragging out the old war horses. My first job at > > DEC was writing CBI courses for the DECmate WPS+ list processing module. > > They gave me a Robin (think VT100 with a processor and dual 5.25" floppy > > disks) to use at home (a little basement studio next to the laundry room > > in the basement of my apartment building in Acton, MA.) My second job > > was writing a device driver in C for a Polaroid CRT-to-film peripheral > > called the Polaroid Palette (had a mini-high resolution B&W CRT and a > > Color-filter wheel all controlled by a Z80 processor) for the very same > > Rainbow PC. > > > > In those days, Digital could not decide on a PC strategy. There were > > three different product lines that all had some potential but none of > > them took off. We had the Rainbow which was close to what became > > mainstream with an 8088 or 8086 processor, the DECmate with was > > basically a secretarial workstation running WPS+ and not much else and > > the Pro 350 which was a repackaged PDP-11 that spent a few years as the > > console device for some of the bigger VAXen. If I recall correctly, the > > Pro 350 OS was based on RSTS. > > > > Those were the good old days before 1987 and Black Tuesday. I think I > > had some Digital options at something like $150. Sigh. > > > > Wook > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kat Collins > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:18 PM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > > > > Anyone remember the Rainbow? It was DEC's attempt at a Personal > > computer. Launched in early '83, if I remember... ran its own > > proprietary DEC-OS and was not compatible with any IBM-DOS apps. It > > died a year or two later, but the marketing stickers held up for about > > 10 years!! I had one stuck to my daughter's mirror and damned if I > > could get it off!! > > > > And the DECwriter and the Gold key..... ahhhh - sweet memories!! > > > > On 1/11/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ah but people using DEC and attending DECUS were smarter than the > > average > >> bear.... To this day the people I meet who grew up on DEC are more > > well > >> rounded and knowledgeable in the field than the norm. > >> > >> The good ol days... Anyone remember Mike Mayfield and the RSTS/E > > Monitor > >> Internals books he wrote? Only place to get the real scoop on the > > internals > >> so you could really wreak havoc. I think he also wrote the original > > Trek too > >> so if your system was still up after poking around in the internals > > you > >> could play a video game on your DecWriter or VT52. > >> > >> I got my first official corporate support position supporting OS/2 and > > Win31 > >> on Token Ring back in the mid 90's because I knew DEC. The 8 or so > > people in > >> the panel interview started asking me questions about the equipment > > the job > >> was for (OS/2 Win31 tcp/ip Token Ring) and I couldn't answer any of > > the > >> questions so they saw DEC on my resume and started asking DEC > > questions and > >> a couple of hours later we were all laughing and I had my choice of > > the > >> three open positions they had even though I knew nothing about any of > > them. > >> :) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > > McGlinchey > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:13 PM > >> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > >> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > >> > >> My experience is just the opposite. I attended DECUS (The other DEC, > > Digital > >> Equipment Computer Users Society Symposia) a few times back in the > > 90's and > >> the casinos complained that the attendees were not losing enough > > money. > >> This was attributed to 1) most of the attendees knew the odds were > > against > >> them so they kept their money in their pockets where it belonged and > > 2) the > >> ones that did play were pretty good at it and were winning too much. > >> > >> I'll not be attending but I'm sending someone that works for me > > instead. > >> Have a good conference. > >> > >> John McGlinchey > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, > >>> Michael M. > >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:38 PM > >>> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > >>> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: DEC 2006 > >>> > >>> I think you are going to find the same at Green Valley - > >>> http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/gaming/index.html > >>> > >>> Leave your car and house titles at home! > >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > >> List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > >> List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > > -- > > Kat Collins - "The Email of the species is more powerful than the Mail!" > > > > "The human voice is the organ of the soul." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > -- > > Al Lilianstrom > CD/CSS/CSI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
