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How to sell a DEC VAX 4000/500?
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wcool » Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:44 am
Hi all,
For the last 20 years I own a DEC VAX 4000 with matching disk station and VT terminal screen.
It's a development machine from 1992 I...
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Last post by remyheritage
Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:08 am
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VMS Software Bootcamp
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whcox53 » Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:36 pm
I am curious to know how many VMS Ambassadors will be attending the upcoming VMS Software Bootcamp? I was pleasantly surprised to see that they made...
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Last post by martinv
Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:16 am
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Is openvmshobbyist.com dead?
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whcox53 » Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:43 am
Does anyone know what is happening with the openvmshobbyist.com website? It doesn't look like anything has been posted in a long time. I see 10...
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Last post by reinhardtjh
Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:52 pm
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Last post by willemgrooters
Sat Aug 03, 2024 4:57 pm
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OpenVMS Community License Program
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ajbrehm » Wed Apr 22, 2020 10:07 am
As it says on the News page.
That's good news!
OpenVMS cannot just exist, it must also be visible. And visibility requires a) support of normal...
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Last post by reinhardtjh
Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:46 am
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Ping Ken Farmer - SOS de.OpenVMS.org
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martinv » Tue Jul 30, 2024 2:08 am
Dear OpenVMS communify,
de.OpenVMS.org is the last of the OpenVMS.org websites, and (due to a company restructuring) it needs to move servers - and...
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Last post by martinv
Wed Jul 31, 2024 6:52 am
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Last post by neilrieck
Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:05 pm
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SSL31 IA64 product kit missing?
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sms » Thu May 23, 2024 12:49 am
The List of Products at:
shows an IA64 kit: SSL31 V3.1-4 V8.4-2L1 Mar 2024
but there seems to be no associated link, unlike everything else in that...
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Last post by sms
Thu May 23, 2024 2:41 am
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Stopping being a hobbyist.
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alanfleming » Wed May 08, 2024 6:33 am
Wrote a thing here about why I'm sad to go: .
tldr: re-creating things once a year to get to point where I was last at is a pain in the neck, and...
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Last post by sms
Mon May 20, 2024 9:57 am
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thanks VSI
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mark.preston » Fri May 03, 2024 12:53 pm
I guess i've come full circle now that i've retired. I started out in college on DEC hardware and my first job was with PDP/VAX hardware. I was a...
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Last post by anachronda
Sat May 04, 2024 11:52 pm
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Teracloud survey
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martin » Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:43 pm
Hi All,
I've just received an email from Nikita Grigorev of Teracloud with vmssoftware.com email (odd) asking me to fill in a questionnaire about...
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Last post by mberryman
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:14 am
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Last post by mister.moderator
Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:59 am
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SD730 Fixed Head Solar Horologue
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jeffg165 » Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:24 am
Hello Everyone,
In the early days of the VAX/VMS product line, the smallest model (11/730) did not have a built-in clock and so, upon every boot,...
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Last post by jane.doe
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:00 am
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Last post by dabr
Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:49 am
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Null process / idle loop
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martin » Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:25 am
Curiosity only - low priority!
Years ago I did the VAX/VMS internals courses and I still have the documentation for the course, dated around...
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Last post by gdwnldsksc
Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:16 am
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Dave Cutler speaks
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neilrieck » Wed Nov 01, 2023 3:55 pm
Not sure how many people know about the Dave Cutler videos that popped up recently. Here are four:
David Cutler — 2016 CHM Fellow
( 16m )
Oral...
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Last post by neilrieck
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:48 am
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arsTECHNICA Article About DEC
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rbcarleton » Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:38 am
Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing
One of the early pioneers in computing, the company disappeared in the late 1990s.
Even...
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Last post by jgd@cix.co.uk
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:42 am
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Mosaic 4.0 binary dist for X86
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mickenx » Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:36 am
Hi
Starting a new thread..
I have made a archive of a built VMS Mosaic 4 for X86.
You can find it here:
Feel free to test it! Remember that SSL...
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Last post by mickenx
Sat Apr 22, 2023 4:35 am
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Licences for VAX
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mjimji » Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:46 pm
I have a friend who may be about to buy a VAX. It is apparently working but doesn't have licences. Does anyone know if there is any way of getting...
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Last post by mjimji
Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:39 am
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Compleete Vms newcommer
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flipper8827 » Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:28 pm
I have never used Vms before however, I have been an avid user of the other Unix like operating systems such as Free, Open and NetBSD. In addition I...
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Last post by tim.stegner
Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:51 am
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New stream!
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vivis » Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:34 pm
Hello all.
I'm pretty much an OpenVMS neophyte, but thats not stopping me from streaming my experience on twitch.tv! The schedule is usually 8-10pm...
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Last post by vivis
Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:34 pm
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looking for Decserver90M manuals
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willemgrooters » Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:03 pm
I have a DecServer 90M terminal server that I would like to use to access my Alpha console. I can access the port using serial port on PC, but I lack...
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Last post by willemgrooters
Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:50 am
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Free stuff
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paul_sak » Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:07 pm
Hello all,
I need to purge old VAX/VMS stuff and want to find a good home other than the dumpster. I prefer everything go to one home as I don't...
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Last post by paul_sak
Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:07 pm
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Fast skip to end of tape
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dcostello » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:52 pm
DLT (and LTO) tapes maintain a catalog of the files contained on the tape (not the filenames, ANSI or otherwise, just the position where a set of...
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Last post by madsweeney
Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:00 am
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Knowledge Database
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stephenbrayshaw1990 » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:33 am
I noticed a link recently on the main VSI website that points to a Knowledge Database.
I noticed that it requires an account to access & that my...
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Last post by marty.stu
Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:44 am
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