>I got the Base Set of OpenVMS 7.2 doc's that I ordered today. How
>disgusting! On the spine, it says "Compaq OpenVMS", and the spines are ALL
>white, so they aren't colour coded by type.
The "traditional" DEC way of dealing with this is to have pockets on all
the spines and put cardboard identifiers in each one indicating which
volume it is. If you go to a well-stocked office supply store, you'll
find similar sized pockets that are self adhesive and which you can
stick to the spines of your new manuals, and them label everything
appropriately.
All the way back to white, eh? My old TOPS-20 manual set (from mid-to-
late-70's) is in white binders...
>I don't mind the "Compaq" where the "digital" used to be, it's the "Compaq
>OpenVMS" I find sick! How egotistical!
Within a day or two of the announced merger, all the faxes I got from
DEC began reading "Compaq" at the top!
>Oh, well, I've got doc's that match the version I'm running now at least
>(though the V5 "System Managers Manual" will continue to be the most used
>manual). Now if the two Cluster manuals that I ordered at the same time
>would ship, I'd be almost happy. Still need up-to-date DECnet manuals
>though.
Incidentally, there are several places on the net where the OpenVMS
documentation is browsable. For starters, you can go to
http://www.openvms.digital.com/ and click on "Documentation". It
looks like the Cluster manuals and DECnet manuals are there. Of
course, electronic docs are not nearly as satisfying as a "grey wall" (or,
as it seems to be now, white), but it can come in handy in a pinch.
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Received on Fri Apr 02 1999 - 08:12:55 BST