<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On 7/29/2012 5:28 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 29/07/2012 06:08, Ben Finney wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tim Chase <<a href="mailto:python.list@tim.thechases.com">python.list@tim.thechases.com</a>> writes:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>[byte]</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#94000e"><br></font></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Point taken, snag being I've never used any nix box in anger. This</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>thread reminds of the good 'ole days when I were a lad using TPU on VMS.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Have we got any VMS aficionados here?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br></div></blockquote><br><div>Absolutely, I used to do real time data acquisition on DEC machines. Started on PDP-8e's, graduated to PDP-12's, then jumped to 780's, and finished up on 8700's. Used CAMAC gear for the actual real-world interfaces; all at a well-known Dept. of Energy lab. Too many years ago. </div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div></body></html>