Post #1375580
2026-02-22 15:10 UTC
@aachrisg @javerous @drikanis @ludicity not the same. Using a search engine is basically having optimized documentation. I learnt the trade ‘fighting’ with the old ‘wall of paper’ of DEC orange binders with VAX/VMS documentation. Being able to search for them was a blessing.
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@aachrisg@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-22 16:29
I remember those big binders for VMS and RSTS! @jguillaumes @javerous @drikanis @ludicity
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@jyrgenn@mas.to 2026-02-22 16:50
@jguillaumes @aachrisg @javerous @drikanis @ludicity Back in the day, working with VAX/VMS I mostly wrote software that had little OS dependencies, portable C code using the C standard libraries, so I didn't need the Red Wall (and later the Grey Wall) much. But the online HELP system was indispensable. (1/3)
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@mathw@hachyderm.io 2026-02-22 19:14
@jguillaumes @aachrisg @javerous @drikanis @ludicity the downside being that these days our stuff doesn't even have that kind of documentation. It's not in a different form, it's not all online somewhere, it just doesn't exist.