A new old thing
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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!
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:
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...
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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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.
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?
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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My VT220 has one of those. But you can't have it.
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I have a VT101 User Guide -- it's my go-to source for ASCII tables.
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I have a VT101 User Guide -- it's my go-to source for ASCII tables.
Not to mention glass TTY escape sequences - IIRC was
<ESC>[Kwas erase current line,<ESC>[2Jwas erase from cursor to EOL and<ESC>[9was toggle between 80/132 column modes. Fond memories of writing screenfuls ofDCLmacros... ah, the life that was Digital! :cool: /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Not to mention glass TTY escape sequences - IIRC was
<ESC>[Kwas erase current line,<ESC>[2Jwas erase from cursor to EOL and<ESC>[9was toggle between 80/132 column modes. Fond memories of writing screenfuls ofDCLmacros... ah, the life that was Digital! :cool: /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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>[Kwas erase current line,<ESC>[2Jwas erase from cursor to EOL and<ESC>[9was toggle between 80/132 column modes. Fond memories of writing screenfuls ofDCLmacros... ah, the life that was Digital! :cool: /raviMy new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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...
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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Ebay. A place in Vancouver.
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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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!
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!
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I knew the fellow who owned that plate.
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I knew the fellow who owned that plate.
Oh really? That happens to be my license plate and I don't know you. /ravi
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Oh really? That happens to be my license plate and I don't know you. /ravi
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Must be a (past) tense thing. A co-worker named Mike had Massachusetts license plate "VAX-VMS" > 20 years ago. He allowed it to expire which freed it up for the next person to request it. rgrds, [*Edit: not sure if the "-" was on the plate *]
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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...
I used to work in R&D for a software company that was one of DEC's largest OEMs at the time. DEC invited two of us up to their research center in Atlanta to preview the MicroVAX before it was unveiled to the public. At the time it was so much slower than the 750s and 780s that we elected not to sell it.
