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NULL device in VMS

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From: Robert L. Chase
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 04:42
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What is the NULL device under VMS? I've seen references to NL:, but
under VMS 4.7, 5.0, and 5.0-2 it isn't defined. What (shipped) startup
file has the definition?  Thanks for any help.
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From: rlc@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Robert L. Chase)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: NULL device in VMS
Keywords: Null device
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Date: 29 Nov 89 04:42:39 GMT
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