Surfing the net, I learned about this old layered product which was later considered unsupported/abandoned and made it onto the freeware CD. Would it be feasible to see this either with a source release, or a build made for x86-64?
Seeing someone describe it as being a similar experience to something like reddit, or a unique BBS experience has me wanting to play.
NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
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NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
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Re: NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
Hi,
This product itself can be found here: https://vmssoftware.com/software/freeware/NOTES.zip. Unfortunately, no source code available from us, but as this was a commercial product, it may be hard to make it opensource.
This product itself can be found here: https://vmssoftware.com/software/freeware/NOTES.zip. Unfortunately, no source code available from us, but as this was a commercial product, it may be hard to make it opensource.
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Re: NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
Notes is available for use online (along with other useful information and things) at Eisner:
https://eisner.decus.org
https://eisner.decus.org
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Re: NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
I guess this is one of the cases where the non-existing IEST would have been nice .
But from a practical perspective, the product was obsolete. There are many better products available today.
As an example: this forum is not running on Notes!
But from a practical perspective, the product was obsolete. There are many better products available today.
As an example: this forum is not running on Notes!
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Re: NOTES/DECNOTES/VAXNOTES for x86-64
I never liked NOTES much (I used it when I worked at DEC but I never developed any liking for it).
But on the topic of obsolete forum software, I really enjoyed using the VMS port of The University of Guelph's "CoSy" conferencing system at university. BIX used the same conferencing software although I don't know if they ran the VMS version...