<jeffr at odeon.net> writes: > On 9 Aug 2002, Scott Dier wrote: > > [snip] > > > VMS tho, yikes. I'm not old enough to have worked with one of those. :) > > Hey now, I last touch a VAX/VMS system in 1995. It's not that long ago... > > Last I heard (early 1997?), 3M still had a couple. Also, given their > popularity with colleges I wouldn't be surprised if they were still fairly > common in academic circles. A guy I know online is just finishing reviewing the galleys for his book on running web services on VMS. So I guess not only are they still out there, but a publisher thinks people are still doing some *new* things on them. And another friend just bought several Vaxstation 3100's, I believe it was, at an auction, but he's a known junk collector :-) -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info