A new old thing

[Stuart Dootson]

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!

[Lost User]

BC?

Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]

[PIEBALDconsult]

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:

[Mike Hankey]

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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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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]

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

[Ravi Bhavnani]

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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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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

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[PIEBALDconsult]

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

[Lost User]

Awesome! :-D

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

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]

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:

[Gary R Wheeler]

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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[Mario Michetti]

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

[Old Ed]

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...

[Snowman58]

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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[ckheisler]

I worked for DEC for 17 years. First I programmed in Pascal on a contract, then I did customer support for the VMS operating system for 9 years, moving to support of programming languages (FORTRAN was my main focus), and finally I went back to programming. Did 7 years of development on their automated backup system (in C and C++). I loved VMS...the most secure operating system in the world. Have fun!

[bVagadishnu]

I knew the fellow who owned that plate.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Oh really?  That happens to be my license plate and I don't know you. /ravi

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