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  • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

    Damn that's a blast from the past. Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines. You get it for pleasure or biz?

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    Mike Hankey wrote:

    Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines.

    Me too; 1983 through 2002.

    Mike Hankey wrote:

    pleasure

    I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. :sigh:

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      Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...

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      Stuart Dootson
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      I think I remember when those were "the new hot"…or was it a VAXstation 3100…probably… Wow…what VMS are you sticking on it?

      Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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        I think I remember when those were "the new hot"…or was it a VAXstation 3100…probably… Wow…what VMS are you sticking on it?

        Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        I should be able to put OpenVMS 7.3 on it. Once it has disks and I get media... etc. etc. etc.

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          I should be able to put OpenVMS 7.3 on it. Once it has disks and I get media... etc. etc. etc.

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          Stuart Dootson
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          7.3…I think the last one I used (before transitioning to Windows…95) was 5.5…or something like that. I'm guessing my long-forgotten VMS skills would still be applicable...

          Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

            "FEB 90".

            1890? ;P

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            Lost User
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            BC?

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              7.3…I think the last one I used (before transitioning to Windows…95) was 5.5…or something like that. I'm guessing my long-forgotten VMS skills would still be applicable...

              Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              I was using 6.2 when Win95 was new. My last job involving OpenVMS was using 7.2

              Stuart Dootson wrote:

              long-forgotten VMS skills

              I bought these systems and became a hobbyist to keep mine from atrophying completely. And I can show others what a real operating system is like. :cool:

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                Mike Hankey wrote:

                Spent a good portion of my early career working on DEC machines.

                Me too; 1983 through 2002.

                Mike Hankey wrote:

                pleasure

                I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. :sigh:

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                Mike Hankey
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                Yeah that's about the same period for me. Did a lot of very neat stuff on Vax machines.....Ah the good old days!

                PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                I've been relegated to an OpenVMS Hobbyist[^]. Sigh

                Cool, good to see they are still being used.

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                  Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...

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                  Ravi Bhavnani
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                  Oh man... severe nostalgia! I really miss my LK201. :cool:  I'd kill to be able to use one with my Windows box! /ravi

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                    Oh man... severe nostalgia! I really miss my LK201. :cool:  I'd kill to be able to use one with my Windows box! /ravi

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                    PIEBALDconsult
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                    My VT220 has one of those. But you can't have it.

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                      My VT220 has one of those. But you can't have it.

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                      Ravi Bhavnani
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                      Dang, I wish I'd kept my µVAX-II.  I used to sit on it while playing guitar.  It was the perfect height - and boy could it support a ton!  Although I think my iPod Nano probably has more power. :) /ravi

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                        Beats me - that's one blast from the past, guy! Where did you get that?

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                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                        Here's[^] some more nostalgia. :) /ravi

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                          My VT220 has one of those. But you can't have it.

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                          Ravi Bhavnani
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                          I'm sure you have one of these[^]. :) /ravi

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                            I'm sure you have one of these[^]. :) /ravi

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                            I have a VT101 User Guide -- it's my go-to source for ASCII tables.

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                              Here's[^] some more nostalgia. :) /ravi

                              My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                              Lost User
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                              Awesome! :-D

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                                I have a VT101 User Guide -- it's my go-to source for ASCII tables.

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                                Ravi Bhavnani
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                                Not to mention glass TTY escape sequences - IIRC was <ESC>[K was erase current line, <ESC>[2J was erase from cursor to EOL and <ESC>[9 was toggle between 80/132 column modes.  Fond memories of writing screenfuls of DCL macros... ah, the life that was Digital!  :cool: /ravi

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                                  Not to mention glass TTY escape sequences - IIRC was <ESC>[K was erase current line, <ESC>[2J was erase from cursor to EOL and <ESC>[9 was toggle between 80/132 column modes.  Fond memories of writing screenfuls of DCL macros... ah, the life that was Digital!  :cool: /ravi

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                                  PIEBALDconsult
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                                  I didn't do much with deletes, but positioning. Also on VT340s (if I recall correctly) I would open someone else's terminus and scroll a message on the status line. :thumbsup:

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                                    Not to mention glass TTY escape sequences - IIRC was <ESC>[K was erase current line, <ESC>[2J was erase from cursor to EOL and <ESC>[9 was toggle between 80/132 column modes.  Fond memories of writing screenfuls of DCL macros... ah, the life that was Digital!  :cool: /ravi

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                                    Gary R Wheeler
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                                    Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                                    Fond memories of writing screenfuls of DCL macros...

                                    Oh man, I'm having flashbacks. My last project on a microVAX was a FORTRAN simulation. The contract stipulated 'pure' FORTRAN-77 code, but I wanted to use some of the VAX FORTRAN features. I wrote a program generator in DCL. It generated 'pure' FORTRAN-77 from the VAX FORTRAN source, creating data access routines, global variable declarations, and so on.

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                                      Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...

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                                      Mario Michetti
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                                      With the === A L P H A === processor. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh.

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                                        Whoo hoo!! My MicroVAX 3100 just arrived! :cool: A label says it was manufactured in "FEB 90". Now I have to make sure it works and get some disks for it. And an adapter to connect it to the network... And install VMS...

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                                        Old Ed
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                                        VMS, now there's a walk down memory lane. VMS was an elegantly crafted operating system. Worked with it for 10 years at a great job. VMS, C, good times...

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                                          Perhaps a more revealing question; Why did you get it???? I have fond memories of using PDP-9's and 10's with paper tape storage, but I can't for the life of me figure out why I would want one today!

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