[HECnet] PCVMS

[Dave McGuire]

On 12/1/20 9:18 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote:
> In the meanwhile, I managed to get PCVMS to work on a 86BOX VM (which I 
> can share).
> 
> PCVMS's Username is root, empty password. It is indeed weird, looks like 
> a Unix attempt chaged to VMS attempt (passwd file is /etc, for example). 
> Some sort a multitasking executive over DOS (quarterdeck/caldera drdos 7 
> come to mind). I haven't played with it much yet, maybe its possible to 
> submit jobs in the "multiuser environment". A couple of screenshots: 
> https://imgur.com/a/xP6F7B5

   Well Wendin also did PCNX, I think it was, or was it PCUNIX?  I think 
it was PCNX.  Both it and PCVMS were built using Wendin's OS Toolkit, as 
demos for what could be done with it, if memory serves.

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA