> >>The first longword is the number of days since 17 November 1858.
> >>(That's a long story).
> >>
> >>
> >Care to do a write up and add it to the History part at cvalde.com?
> >I'm curious :)
> >
> >
> The VAX was the first DEC machine (to my knowledge) that had "fancy"
> datatypes - it was a remarkable CISC (complex instruction set computer)

Thanks :-)

Curiosity satisfied.


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
Upscene Productions
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