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Re: OT - HP's MPE-IX
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:08:20 -0500
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Gavin Scott wrote:

> From what I remember about VMS, their file system looks quite a lot
> more like MPE's than any Unix-like system (including Windows).  They
> actually understand the concept that a file is not always "just a
> bunch of bytes".

They also had ARPA services back in the 80s, but I think they were at
least initially 3rd party (Wollongong and JaNet come to mind, if Frank
McConnell is still lurking he can probably elaborate).

Jeff

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