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  • P PIEBALDconsult

    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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    • R 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
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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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      • R 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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        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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        • P PIEBALDconsult

          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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          • P PIEBALDconsult

            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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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              Ebay. A place in Vancouver.

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              Snowman58
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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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              • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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                bVagadishnu
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                I knew the fellow who owned that plate.

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                • S Stuart Dootson

                  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?

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                  ckheisler
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                  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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                  • B bVagadishnu

                    I knew the fellow who owned that plate.

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

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                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

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

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                      bVagadishnu
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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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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        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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                        Sterling Camden independent consultant
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                        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.

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                        • M Mario Michetti

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

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          A MicroVAX doesn't have an Alpha chip (at least this one doesn't). Alpha came out in 1992.

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                          • S 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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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Because it's there (well, here now). This is just a little one -- desktop-PC-size.

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                            • P PIEBALDconsult

                              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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                              jsc42
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                              Put VMS 4.7 on it - predates all the license management.

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                              • B bVagadishnu

                                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 *]

                                modified on Monday, September 27, 2010 2:00 PM

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                                CDMTJX
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                                A coworker named Bill I think had a NH VAXVMS plate a few decades ago. I used to work on layered products for VMS, OSF-1, Tru64 (old DEC stuff)...

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                                  Put VMS 4.7 on it - predates all the license management.

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                                  CDMTJX
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                                  Last I knew 5.5, 6.2, and 7.3 of VMS for VAX were still supported (not 4.7). I checked in changes for a post 7.3 that I think never happened, not sure if it was even built. Just tried to keep my runtime in synch with Alpha... :suss:

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