My name is Irv Shapiro and I am the creator behind DrVax. In the 1980s, yes a long time ago, I worked for Digital Equipment Company. DEC sold a mini-computer that was the size of a refrigerator, at least the original models, called the VAX. VAX stands for virtual address extended and was one of the first computers to allow programmers to transparently run, without special coding, programs that we larger than the physical memory on the machine. This is something we take for granted today. (Yes, my description is an oversimplification and I am aware of the IBM Mainframe alternatives -- but that is for another day.)
I was a regional export on the VAX operating systems called VMS and taught a course called VAX/VMS Internals first as an employee and then as a sub-contractor. My coworkers would jokingly call me Dr. VAX.
When I needed a name for a new YouTube channel that would teach people about technology DrVax was natural. That said I am not a Doctor, I do not have an MD or a PHD. The channel name is just a name.
I was a regional export on the VAX operating systems called VMS and taught a course called VAX/VMS Internals first as an employee and then as a sub-contractor. My coworkers would jokingly call me Dr. VAX.
When I needed a name for a new YouTube channel that would teach people about technology DrVax was natural. That said I am not a Doctor, I do not have an MD or a PHD. The channel name is just a name.
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