On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:42 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On May 1, 2019, at 3:54 PM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > I would expect V1.x to feel distinctly clunky in comparison ... to V4.x and > > later. > > > > Still a fun exercise though I would think. > > I would think so. I was an occasional VMS user at DEC, and I somehow got > myself a spot on an OS Internals course for VMS 1.5. I wasn't in or near VMS > at the time, I don't remember how that came to be. It was interesting to > learn how to add a syscall to the OS. > > 9.3 names back then, I'm pretty sure. File system still in an ACP (separate > process)? DECnet Phase II ???
I think those were still true for V3.X. I know we had a problem back then with our backups where someone elevated the priority of the Tape ACP over the Disk ACP (because it was faster) that left us with months of corrupt backups. -ethan
