[HECnet] Tops-20 ANONYMOUS FAL Preliminary Testing Results/DAP Query

[Bill Cunningham]

On 12/20/2019 7:18 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>
> DECnet is not an operating system. And VMS is obviously not for the 
> PDP-11.
>
> If you want both DECnet and TCP/IP, then the choice is essentially 
> only RSX-11M-PLUS.
>
> But apart from that, it depends on what you prefer. RSTE/E is more 
> pure timesharing, RT-11 is more pure realtime and minimalistic, 
> RSX-11D and IAS are sortof timesharing with realtime with more of a 
> focus on timesharing and large systems. RSX-11M is reatime with 
> timesharing, and a little primitive in some corners, while 
> RSX-11M-PLUS is essentially RSX-11M with lots of extra bells and 
> whistles added, so still realtime with timesharing, but friendlier, 
> more efficient, and more capable.
>
> In the end I would probably boil it down to either RSTS/E or 
> RSX-11M-PLUS, depending on preferences and what tools you want.
>
> For most parts, there are more and more capable tools for 
> RSX-11M-PLUS, but RSTS/E is probably still a bit friendlier.
>
> If you know VMS, then in many ways RSTS/E will be rather familiar at a 
> user level, but RSX will be more familiar if you start digging under 
> the hood.
>
>   Johnny
>
Thank you very much for your knowledgeable opinion Johnny.

Bill