International PI Day Is Coming
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
VAX/VMS
Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
VAX/VMS
Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".
VAX/VMS was originally a 32bit system. In the early '90s it was ported to the Alpha chip (64bit) Perhaps you were being informed you would be working on the 64bit (Alpha-based) version?
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
VAX/VMS
Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".
VAX/VMS was originally a 32bit system. In the early '90s it was ported to the Alpha chip (64bit) Perhaps you were being informed you would be working on the 64bit (Alpha-based) version?
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
That would just be an Alpha (as I'm sure it was), with which I was already familiar. It's also possible the system had originally been a VAX and then refurbished to be an Alpha. :shrug:
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
VAX/VMS
Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".
VAX/VMS was originally a 32bit system. In the early '90s it was ported to the Alpha chip (64bit) Perhaps you were being informed you would be working on the 64bit (Alpha-based) version?
There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker
Any talk of VAX/VMS in these fora, and I feel obliged to draw everyone's attention to my license plate[^]. /ravi
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then 31.4.15 9:26:53
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinHave you had a look in a calendar before you wrote that. :-D
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Have you had a look in a calendar before you wrote that. :-D
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
LOL. Of course. :-D
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein -
Here in the UK we have to wait for 31/4/15 9:26:53.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
You must have a different calendar than what we do in the US. For us, April has only 30 days. :-D
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein -
LOL. Of course. :-D
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein:thumbsup:
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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You must have a different calendar than what we do in the US. For us, April has only 30 days. :-D
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinWell done, you caught my intentional mistake ;-) :: cough :: Guess I'll have to wait until the 3rd of January, 4159.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.
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then 31.4.15 9:26:53
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinAnd here I thought april only has 30 days. ;-P
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And here I thought april only has 30 days. ;-P
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein -
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert EinsteinYeah. I noticed that when I continued reading in this thread :-O
