Files as files

From: Roger Ivie <IVIE_at_cc.usu.edu>
Date: Wed Jun 10 11:21:50 1998

><word. I do not know if ODS-1 (RSX FILES-11) or the RSTS filesystems
><precede RT-11, but if I had to guess, I would say yes. IIRC, both use
><9.3.
>
>Did you mean 8.3? RT-11, RSTS and RSX-11 were 8.3 as was early VMS and
>unice.

I can't speak for RSTS and RSX-11, but I _know_ early VMS was 9.3; that is,
as long as VMS 3.4 is counted as early. RT-11 is 6.3; since you can cram
three characters into a word using Radix-50, a filename in RT-11 takes three
words.

Roger Ivie
ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
Received on Wed Jun 10 1998 - 11:21:50 BST