In article <[log in to unmask]>,
 Jamie Howard <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> So why do they call it a TTY?  Does that stand for something?  And why
> does VMS call it an NTY?
 
I'll let someone else answer the TTY question.  As to NTY, I think it
stands for network TTY.  That's just a guess, though.
 
All of the devices on VMS have a 3 letter designation for the type of
device.  SCSI disks are DKAxxx (or DKBxxx, DKCxxx, etc. depending on the
SCSI bus).  Remote terminals are RTA devices (do a SET HOST sometime and
look at your device).  Terminal server connections use LTA devices.
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
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