INFO-VAX Sun, 04 Nov 2007 Volume 2007 : Issue 604 Contents: =?gb2312?B?w8DXyryxxrhQcmluY2lwYWwgU29mdHdhcmUgRW5naW5lZXItV2ViIFNlcnZpY2Vzo6jJz Name that VAX/VMS version based on banner Re: Name that VAX/VMS version based on banner Re: OT: Good news: HP has retaken the VMS trademark ! Re: [OT, but clever and funny] The day the routers died... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:14:37 -0700 From: "Ivysong913@gmail.com" <Ivysong913@gmail.com> Subject: =?gb2312?B?w8DXyryxxrhQcmluY2lwYWwgU29mdHdhcmUgRW5naW5lZXItV2ViIFNlcnZpY2Vzo6jJz Message-ID: <1194160477.876382.140990@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com> UHJpbmNpcGFsIFNvZnR3YXJlIEVuZ2luZWVyCkhlYWRxdWFydGVyOlNoYW5naGFpCkpvYiBSZXNw b25zaWJpbGl0aWVzOgoKoaQJSW1wbGVtZW50YXRpb24gaW4gSmF2YQqhpAlXcml0ZSBkZXNpZ24g c3BlY2lmaWNhdGlvbnMgYW5kIGNvbmR1Y3QgZGVzaWduIHJldmlld3MKoaQJV29yayB3aXRoIHBy b2R1Y3QgbWFuYWdlcnMgdG8gaGVscCBkZWZpbmUgZmVhdHVyZSByZXF1aXJlbWVudHMKoaQJV29y ayB3aXRoIGFyY2hpdGVjdCB0byB2YWxpZGF0ZSBkZXNpZ25zIHRocm91Z2ggd2Fsay10aHJvdWdo cywKcHJvdG90eXBlcywgYW5kIHVuaXQgdGVzdGluZwqhpAlXb3JrIHdpdGggUUEgaW4gZGVzaWdu aW5nIGFuZCBpbXBsZW1lbnRpbmcgaW50ZWdyYXRpb24gYW5kIHN0cmVzcy8KcGVyZm9ybWFuY2Ug dGVzdHMKoaQJV29yayB3aXRoIGN1c3RvbWVyIHN1cHBvcnQgZW5naW5lZXJpbmcgb24gZXNjYWxh dGVkIHN1cHBvcnQgY2FzZXMKClF1YWxpZmljYXRpb25zOgoKVGhlIGZvbGxvd2luZyBleHBlcmll bmNlLCBza2lsbHMsIGFuZCBhdHRyaWJ1dGVzIGFyZSByZXF1aXJlZDoKCqGkCTgrIHllYXJzIG9m IHByb2dyZXNzaXZlIGV4cGVyaWVuY2UgaW4gY29tcGxleCBzb2Z0d2FyZSBzeXN0ZW0gZGVzaWdu CmFuZCBkZXZlbG9wbWVudCAoQXBwbGljYXRpb24gU2VydmVyLCBtaWRkbGUgd2FyZSB0ZWNobm9s b2dpZXMsIGNvbnRlbnQKbWFuYWdlbWVudCBzeXN0ZW1zLCBSREJNUywgb3BlcmF0aW5nIHN5c3Rl bSBvciBvdGhlciBtdWx0aS10aHJlYWRlZApzeXN0ZW0gZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQpIGluIGEgcHJvZHVj dCBkZXZlbG9wbWVudCBncm91cC4KoaQJVW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZyBvZiBXZWIgc2VydmljZXMgKHBy ZWZlcmFibHkgSkFYLVdTIGFuZCBKQVhCKSBhbmQgWE1MCnRlY2hub2xvZ2llcy4KoaQJSmF2YSBz eXN0ZW0gcHJvZ3JhbW1pbmcgaW4gYSBKMkVFIGVudmlyb25tZW50CqGkCU9iamVjdCBvcmllbnRl ZCBkZXNpZ24vcHJvZ3JhbW1pbmcgc2tpbGxzCqGkCUV4Y2VsbGVudCB3cml0dGVuIGFuZCB2ZXJi YWwgY29tbXVuaWNhdGlvbgqhpAlCYWNoZWxvciBvZiBTY2llbmNlIERlZ3JlZSBpbiBDb21wdXRl ciBTY2llbmNlCqGkCVByYWN0aWNhbCBleHBlcmllbmNlIGluIHRoZSBpbXBsZW1lbnRhdGlvbiBv ZiBtb2Rlcm4gY29udGVudAptYW5hZ2VtZW50IHNvZnR3YXJlIGFuZCBhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMgaXMg YSBwbHVzCgqxuNeio7oKztLDx9Gwx/O1xMrH0rvOu7y8yvW+rdHp0+u53MDtvq3R6b75t8ezo7fh uLu1xFByaW5jaXBsZSBTb2Z0d2FyZSBFbmdpbmVlcihXZWIgU2VydmljZXMKTWFuYWdlcimjrMzh uam8q77fvrrV+cGmtcTQvbPqo6zWu86qz6PN+9L9wezO0sPHsvrGt7XEt6LVuaGjCgrTpsa4ssTB z9Kqx/OjugoxoaIJ1tChotOizsS88sD60ru33aOsxNrI3bD8wKi49sjL18rBz6Gi0afA+qGi19TO 0sbAvNu6zbmk1/e+rdHpus3P7sS/vq3R6aGitP3T9tKqx/OhorXnu7C6xcLrtcijuwoyoaIJ08q8 /rHqzOLH68fr16LD99DVw/uhotOmxrjWsM67us3Bqs+1t73KvaO7CgrT0NLi1d+/yb2rvPLA+rei y83WwaO6IEl2eV9zb25neUBob3RtYWlsLmNvbQo= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:34:33 -0800 From: AEF <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> Subject: Name that VAX/VMS version based on banner Message-ID: <1194194073.169572.156550@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> While rummaging in my storage area I found a VAX/VMS printout of the prime numbers between 1 and a million and a second printout for those between 1000000 and 2000000. Here is what the top banner says: VAX/VMS <username> PTEXT 23-SEP-1981 17:56 LPA0: 23-SEP-1981 17:56 _DRA0:[PRIME]PTEXT.DAT;1 VAX/VMS This is followed by the username in 7-character-tall letters, then the filename and type in 14-character-tall letters over two lines PTEXT. DAT;1 followed by the username in 7-character-tall letters followed by the same as the top banner. Frankly, I have no idea what the answer is. Anyone have any ideas what version of VAX/VMS these printouts are from? AEF ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:40:49 +0000 From: "R.A.Omond" <Roy.Omond@BlueBubble.UK.Com> Subject: Re: Name that VAX/VMS version based on banner Message-ID: <fgl072$lkk$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk> AEF wrote: > While rummaging in my storage area I found a VAX/VMS printout of the > prime numbers between 1 and a million and a second printout for those > between 1000000 and 2000000. Here is what the top banner says: > > VAX/VMS <username> PTEXT 23-SEP-1981 17:56 LPA0: 23-SEP-1981 > 17:56 _DRA0:[PRIME]PTEXT.DAT;1 VAX/VMS > > This is followed by the username in 7-character-tall letters, then the > filename and type in 14-character-tall letters over two lines > > PTEXT. > DAT;1 > > followed by the username in 7-character-tall letters followed by the > same as the top banner. > > Frankly, I have no idea what the answer is. > > Anyone have any ideas what version of VAX/VMS these printouts are > from? I'd say it would have been about the VMS 2.3 to VMS 2.5 timeframe. The lineprinter output format stayed pretty much the same for a long time after that. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:17:59 -0500 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.no@spam.comcast.net> Subject: Re: OT: Good news: HP has retaken the VMS trademark ! Message-ID: <472D6417.7D93CD9D@spam.comcast.net> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: > > In article <WJXWi.12814$ZA.8156@newsb.telia.net>, > =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm@telia.com> > writes: > > > Tom Linden wrote: > > > > > ..., of course claiming service as a swedish word is > > > a bit of a stretch. > > > > No, it isn't. > > If so, "window" isn't an english word either, since it > > comes from the norwegian "vindue" with the vikings... > > Literally a wind-eye. Reminds me of something from many years ago... (Really only humorous to native English speakers, sorry.) A local church held a fund raiser which included a variety show, a talent show more than anything, really. Right at the top of the show, the MCs were announcing the acts that would be presented. Just before the first act was introduced, one of the MCs received an urgent dispatch from back-stage. He announced that he was supposed to warn everyone that "The Viper" was coming and we should be ready for trouble. Well, after every two or three acts, someone came out on stage with the MCs to repeat the warning, each with progressively greater agitation and urgency, "The Viper is coming! The Viper is coming!". At the end of the show, when the MCs were wrapping up and bringing some performers back for a final call, one of them ran out on stage yelling, "The Viper is here! The Viper is here!" Collectively, everyone on stage shouted, "The Viper??!!", then chaotically ran screaming from the stage through the audience and out of sight. As they did this, a grey-haired gentleman with large handle-bar mustache and dressed as a custodian noisily clambored his way on stage with buckets, a mop, a squeegee and rags hanging from all his pockets. He stopped center stage and calmly announced in a heavy accent, "I am de viper. I come to vipe yer vindows." -- David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/ Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/ Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/ Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:21:03 -0500 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.no@spam.comcast.net> Subject: Re: [OT, but clever and funny] The day the routers died... Message-ID: <472D64CF.AF557AEB@spam.comcast.net> Colin Butcher wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0 > > Brian: Hope you're doing OK and escape soon. > -- > Cheers, Colin. > Legacy = Stuff that works properly! I have this posted in my cube at work, right along side my OpenVMS license plate: Legacy (LEG-ah-See): 1. Stuff That Works 2. A Treasured Heritage -- David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems http://www.djesys.com/ Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page http://www.djesys.com/vms/market/ Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/ Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/ Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/ ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2007.604 ************************