CompuServe Messages

Bill, No, what I'm describing is unlikely to work on RSX 3.2. Lord, that's a decade old now! I'm not sure what you mean when you say that your "experience is that the RSX upgrades are not sufficiently compatible with the older versions to work"… we have never had any problems in this regard, other than those which we "expected" as a result of reading the release notes with regard to new functionality. When I say "unlikely", though, that's what I mean, not "impossible". I have no access to a system that old, and no way to know if the /IM switch to PIP exists on that version. I'm quite certain that BACKUP/IMAGE:SAVE etc. doesn't work though because that is a capability that was only added to RSX about the time the MicroPDP-11s were introduced, and the need to do backups to (possibly multiple) floppies appeared… WELL after the demise of 3.2. Actually I think anyone running an 11/34 is an EXCELLENT prospect for a new 11; obviously they are satisfied with what it does, and the $$$ they're spending for maintenance and power alone would pay for it in short order. -Bill