Completely On-Topic RT-11 DOCs (Massively Off-topic Re: possible dec equipment)

[Jerome H. Fine]

John Lawson wrote:

> >On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
>
>> weighs 49 lb. including the 13 medium size binders.
>> So what was the additional 50 lb. since the DOC
>
>   You bored, Jerry?
> There was *much* other doc, peripherals sets, programming manuals, the 
> usual Stuff that accumulates over time on the shelves of someone 
> heavily involved with the day-to-day running of a PDP11 system.
>   We weighed it on a scale, of course - it was in excess of 100 pounds 
> all-up - I'd have to dig out the logbook for that year where I 
> recorded the actual wieght - because that, like picking up a 
> passenger, has a bearing on the flight charcteristics (weight and 
> balance calcs) and thus one's safety.

Jerome Fine replies:

I think that 49 lb. of DOC set for RT-11 is more than
enough - although having seen a grey wall for VMS
I am more than astounded - does anyone have the
weight for the VMS DOC set?

As for being bored, absolutely not.  I just wanted to
make sure that anyone who read your post had the
corrected information.

And I do appreciate the extra detail.  I would assume
that is actually a small collection - I think my shelves
hold over a thousand pounds of documentation -
most are either RT-11 or hardware DOCs.  But this
is not a contest as to the maximum size or weight, so
everyone please do NOT reply that your collection
is larger unless you have a documentation collection
(hardware not accepted as a portion) that is at least
a hundred times as larger or a hundred thousand
pounds.

>   But hey, thanks for calling me out on this one....

Just trying to be sure that hobby RT-11
users are not scared away.  The last thing
I might have thought about was calling
you out!  It never even crossed my mind
as a possibility.

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
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