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Article #77Re: Need downloader to RSX-11M (gasp)
From: geoff
Date: Tue, 08 May 1984 19:20
Date: Tue, 08 May 1984 19:20
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>RSX-11M generally does not support type-ahead -- characters coming >from a terminal line are ignored if no read is pending. No longer true, not since 11M 3.2 was released. As of 3.2, any given program had typeahead available as long as it kept the TTY open. Typeahead was still not available at the MCR level (DEC seemed to consider this a feature). By the bye, re Files-11 and stream vs. counted records: I used to be DEC's Files-11 guy on 11M. I can guarantee you that counted records was the norm. RMS, which was originally supposed to be a superset of Files-11, most assuredly also supported counted records. I never heard of RMS streams, but then I never really used RMS much (it's a little large for your average 11/70). Geoff Kuenning Callan Data Systems ...!ihnp4!sdcrdcf!trwrb!wlbr!callan!geoff
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site callan.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!bmcg!cepu!trwrba!trwrb!scgvaxd!wlbr!callan!geoff From: geoff@callan.UUCP Newsgroups: net.decus,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Need downloader to RSX-11M (gasp) Message-ID: <150@callan.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-May-84 15:20:10 EDT Article-I.D.: callan.150 Posted: Tue May 8 15:20:10 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 09:37:40 EDT References: <464@decvax.UUCP> Organization: Callan Data Systems, Westlake Village, CA Lines: 16