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VT420@38400 bps Flow Control Problem

Last post by volkerhalle « Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:31 pm
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by frenchie68 » Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:02 am
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I am posting this this here because it seems to be the most relevant place.
I have been working on a text based implementation of Pac-Man for the...
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Mon Dec 09, 2024 12:31 pm
Tomca V8.5-50A or V9.0-84 and OpenJDK "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.InternalError: DMH.invokeVirtual_LL_L=Lambda

Last post by m_detommaso « Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:11 am

by m_detommaso » Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:11 am

As I often do, during my free time, I perform some tests of the products released by VSI; in the past few days I decided to test the new Tomcat on my...

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Mon Dec 09, 2024 9:11 am
PCSI error

Last post by imiller « Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:08 am
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by cct » Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:45 pm

On VMS9.2-2 I suddenly get the following error@

$ prod show prod
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------
PRODUCT KIT TYPE STATE...

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Last post by imiller
Mon Dec 09, 2024 7:08 am
DECSET V13.0-2 - LSE

Last post by cct « Mon Dec 09, 2024 6:33 am
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by cct » Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:34 pm

I have this installed on both E9.2-3 and V9.2-2

LSE worked fine on both until yesterday, when I had to restart the VMs due to a power cut

I see I...

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Last post by cct
Mon Dec 09, 2024 6:33 am
settings not taking effect immediately, what am I doing wrong??

Last post by gauze « Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:34 am
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by gauze » Tue Nov 26, 2024 11:22 pm

Hi, I haven't used VMS in probably close to 20 years and started fooling around again with the hobbiest license install in a VM and I have run into...

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Last post by gauze
Thu Nov 28, 2024 12:34 am
sysinit process takes 50% longer on 9.2-3 vs. 9.2-2

Last post by hb « Tue Nov 26, 2024 5:41 am
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by jonesd » Fri Nov 22, 2024 7:50 pm

I have a somewhat optimized boot process for the OpenVMS VM on my laptop (Virtualbox hypervisor) and after upgrading to 9.2-3, accounting records...

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Last post by hb
Tue Nov 26, 2024 5:41 am
Unrecognized boot device (9.2.1)(win10)(VirtualBox7)

Last post by rjolbrich « Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:49 pm
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by rjolbrich » Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:08 pm

Hello,
I completed a successful installation of OpenVMS 9.2.1 several months ago
under a community license. Today, it would not boot. It does not...

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Last post by rjolbrich
Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:49 pm
Setting the Password on 9.2-1 on VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22

Last post by guy1a « Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:06 pm
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by ohmeadhbh » Mon Apr 10, 2023 1:49 pm

After downloading the image from and following instructions at to install into a VirtualBox virtual machine, I hit a snag where I was to select the...

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Last post by guy1a
Sun Nov 03, 2024 12:06 pm
Virtualbox and VMDK

Last post by ldb « Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:56 am
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by aussiesusan » Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:48 pm
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Environment: Windows 11 (fully patched) on an IntelNUC PC.
Installed VirtualBox 7.0.14r161095.

From the email I have downloaded the VMDK zip file...
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Last post by ldb
Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:56 am
How to get VMS running on VMware?

Last post by arne_v « Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:18 am
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by craigcanberra » Thu Oct 03, 2024 9:54 am

Greetings all - newbie here. Well I'm an old VMS sys admin and I've used VMware before but for the life of me I can't get the VMS download going on...

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Last post by arne_v
Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:18 am
VMS842L1A_UTILITY-V0200 where to find

Last post by joukj « Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:42 am
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by joukj » Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:37 am

Hi

I see in the service portal that the ECO VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 is released. In the release notes I read that for V8.4-2L1 (AXP) the ECO...

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Last post by joukj
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:42 am
can I install VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 without VMS842L1A_UTILITY-V0200 on 8.4-2L1 (AXP)?

Last post by mister.moderator « Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:34 am
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by joukj » Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:38 am

Hi

I would like to install VMS842L2A_MISC-V0100 on my V8.4-2L1 Alpha-system. However according to the release notes this kit depends on...

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Last post by mister.moderator
Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:34 am
OpenVMS update on Shadow system disk

Last post by reinhardtjh « Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:36 pm
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by indy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:30 am

When trying to install V 9.2-3 the system tells me that the system disk which is in a shadow set cannot be updated. No idea what is going wrong.
Any...

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Last post by reinhardtjh
Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:36 pm
System Disk in Shadow Set

Last post by m_detommaso « Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:54 am
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by indy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:44 am

Hi
I installed OpenVMS 9.2-1 some time ago and since then the system disk DSA0 is a shadow disk with DKA0 as the only member. I do not see where this...

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Last post by m_detommaso
Fri Sep 20, 2024 4:54 am
X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM renders system unbootable

Last post by sms « Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:18 pm
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by vkorkko » Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:59 pm

I had a nasty surprise because of this nice tool

sys$system:X86VMS$PCSI_INSTALL_MIN.COM

I have of course used its ALPHA ja I64 counterparts over...

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Last post by sms
Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:18 pm
Boot issue with VirtualBox VERR_INTNET_FLT_IF_NOT_FOUND

Last post by rawbar « Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:06 pm

by rawbar » Thu Aug 29, 2024 11:17 am

Hi all, noob here (ex-DEC, been ages since I've played with VMS and I'm looking forward to this).

I have installed VirtualBox. Also note I have...

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Last post by rawbar
Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:06 pm
Community License node V922, how do I access files on the host Linux system?

Last post by arne_v « Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:17 am
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by cwhii » Mon Aug 12, 2024 6:49 pm
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I have followed the Setting up the VMS Software Community License Package instructions on a Linux system with VirtualBox 7.0. I am able to telnet in,...
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Last post by arne_v
Thu Aug 15, 2024 8:17 am
A Minor Nit about the Linux Install Script

Last post by ohmeadhbh « Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:04 am

by ohmeadhbh » Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:04 am

When installing on Debian (uname -a outputs Linux brazos 6.1.0-21-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.90-1 (2024-05-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux ):

A...

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Last post by ohmeadhbh
Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:04 am
Community License node V922, where is LSE?

Last post by arne_v « Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:08 pm
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by cwhii » Wed Aug 14, 2024 4:59 pm

I have followed the Setting up the VMS Software Community License Package instructions on a Linux system with VirtualBox 7.0. I am able to telnet in,...

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Last post by arne_v
Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:08 pm
Why are some products still using VMSINSTAL.COM

Last post by roberbrooks « Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:58 pm
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by whcox53 » Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:22 am
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Given that the Polycenter install program was introduced 19+ years ago I find it confusing that some products have still not been converted to use...
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Last post by roberbrooks
Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:58 pm
RTL-V8.0 patch breaks DecWindows-desktop on OpenVMS 8.4-L1 (AXP)

Last post by joukj « Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:21 am
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by joukj » Mon Jul 08, 2024 9:28 am

Hi All,

When I install VMS842L1A_RTL_V0800 on my Alpha with OpenVMS V8.4-2L1 and DecWindows 1.7F, I encounter the following problem:

After...

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Last post by joukj
Tue Aug 06, 2024 5:21 am
How to install OpenVMS 7.3

Last post by sms « Thu Aug 01, 2024 6:18 pm
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by huntrashmi » Wed Jul 31, 2024 10:32 pm

Can anyone please point me at a link to download the documentation CD for OpenVMS 7.3 VAX? I found 7.2 but I would like to have the 7.3 version which...

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Last post by sms
Thu Aug 01, 2024 6:18 pm
Terminal configuration?

Last post by steve0 « Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:08 pm
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by ssamayoa » Mon Jul 22, 2024 3:37 pm

Dumb but...

Would you please lead me to some documentation and/or link to configure my terminal so I can use arrow keys?

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Last post by steve0
Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:08 pm
Apache Level Web Page Authentication

Last post by robertso « Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:37 am
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by jeetu.singh » Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:31 am

Hello there,

I have SYSUAF level authentication enabled for Webpage but I want apache level authentication to webpage.
I have VSI AXPVMS CSWS...

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Last post by robertso
Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:37 am
Shutdown via SSH

Last post by cct « Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:04 pm
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by ajbrehm » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:19 pm

What's a good way to shutdown OpenVMS via SSH? Currently the shutdown.com procedure kills my sshd process and then aborts the shutdown.

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Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:04 pm

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