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Re: Little Alpha I learned on is up... #2 0 29 (9/24/2007 3:01:32 PM) comp.os.vms ----=_vm_0011_W4604425209_28549_1190646092 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > be considered a correctly configured machine Gee - that's a tough one. How about >> BE... Paul

Re: Little Alpha I learned on is up... 3 32 (9/24/2007 2:59:28 PM) comp.os.vms ----=_vm_0011_W4594518212_17695_1190645968 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, since you insist on making it public, you sir, ar acting like a per= fect ... Paul

Little Alpha I learned on is up... 6 29 (9/22/2007 2:36:55 PM) comp.os.vms This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0057_01C7FCFC.1D516460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit on eBay at this URL. http://cgi.ebay.com/... Paul

Re: despair 18 36 (9/20/2007 2:00:03 PM) comp.os.vms ----=_vm_0011_W9605427041_15238_1190296803 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >How about DCL? > >$ SHOW SYMBOL /LOCAL/ALL > >at the beginning of your code will show all t... Paul

Recommended HP COBOL way to exit a paragraph or perform early? 7 47 (9/1/2007 10:44:37 PM) comp.os.vms I'm a little puzzled what the recommended method here is for this case (see sample code snippet below)... use a goto? Some System call? Embed everything in a deep nesting of Ifs? In this sample, the code is... Paul

Re: COBOL Transactions? #9 4 28 (8/27/2007 1:56:51 PM) comp.os.vms ----=_vm_0011_W2237418621_7431_1188223011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >OK, Let's look at some pseudo-code. > >Unix: > >while (char != newline) read(char); > >RMS: ... Paul

RE: COBOL Perform? 1 34 (8/25/2007 5:55:39 PM) comp.os.vms Urk - as soon as I got up and walked away, it because obvious. This is not a called program and really needs a STOP RUN in the VMS environment. Lack of sleep caught me on this one again. Not an excuse, but in... Paul

COBOL Perform? 1 47 (8/25/2007 5:47:24 PM) comp.os.vms Can someone explain this little bit of COBOL behavior (Alpha VMS 8.3) please? I expected the EXIT PROGRAM to terminate the program at the end of the mainline, but it seems to fall through and go execute the ... Paul

ACLS and WebServers... 8 29 (8/25/2007 4:34:33 AM) comp.os.vms Well, here is a totally honest question. :) Just wrote my first serious CGI-BIN program under VMS, and found that I had to do "SET SECURITY/ACL=(IDENT=APACHE$WWW,ACCESS=READ)" or variants thereof so that the ... Paul

Re: COBOL Transactions? #2 2 33 (8/24/2007 5:34:36 PM) comp.os.vms ----=_vm_0011_W7642013283_5082_1187976876 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>> Have you tried $SHOW DEVICE MK >> Well, it shows up if you do a show dev at the bios pro... Paul

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I think I might understand N3 and the bullet 4 31 (9/8/2007 3:14:11 AM) comp.os.vms Hmmm. I think just had an insight!!! As a (fast moving) gas molecule strikes the bullet, there is an N3 reaction. Bullet goes one way, gas molecule goes the other. Billions of such continuous tiny reactions... ron.l.johnson (781)

TCP/IP #2 16 33 (9/15/2007 1:20:14 PM) comp.os.vms In a few days I will finally get my hands on a machine to learn OpenVMS on (an AlphaServer 1200). Before then I must figure out what TCP/IP stack to use. I know almost nothing about any of them and dont know ve... dgsoftnz (7)

Whither VMS? 473 237 (9/2/2009 3:42:32 AM) comp.os.vms Looks like another VMS casualty: http://blogs.computerworld.com/14637/linux_powers_worlds_fastest_stock_exchange ... curtis (20)

Porting logical name applications to Unix 40 42 (9/26/2009 1:08:20 AM) comp.os.vms Ok, this is a generic question. Say I have a VMS application that uses logical names to point to files, devices etc. When porting to a Unix system, is the following the best way to mimic this : ? - use geten... jfmezei.spamnot (8808)

Getting state of Control-T from a C program. 7 54 (9/26/2009 8:35:35 PM) comp.os.vms In order to get a termios library implemented on VMS, I need to be able to determine a few things. 1. BSD Unix and apparently LINUX has an option to do what VMS does with ^T, and there is a terminal attribut... wb8tyw (615)

OT: USB serial adapter on MacOS X 10.6.1 12 67 (10/4/2009 4:53:37 AM) comp.os.vms Hi Folks, Not directly related to VMS (although it does revolve around connecting to the serial port on Alphas running VMS)... I recently replaced my G3 iBook with a new MacBook (now running the latest 10.6.1... dbsneddon (284)

One wonders why people bet their companies on Microsoft based products... 65 35 (10/12/2009 11:43:44 PM) comp.os.vms The current debacle of T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger (what a name) and the loss of personal data on some 800,000 Sidekick PDAs is without a doubt another example of why people should only bet their businesses o... pedersen (327)

Looking into C-include files on VMS 191 56 (10/27/2009 10:03:05 PM) comp.os.vms Hi, I am currently trying to make compiling cdrtools a bit more automated. I received a login for OpenVMS XXX 0 V7.2 VAX_7000-720 VAX First a question: is this the same as a HP 9000/720? The machine I hav... js154 (267)

Best way to dispose of VAX parts ? 21 37 (11/1/2009 10:33:37 AM) comp.os.vms I've just removed a VAX 4000-200 from my cabinet. (I have to make some room for my new apple server that should arrive on Monday). I've already found an outfit that picks up scap metal for free, so the actual ... jfmezei.spamnot (8808)

Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc. 339 221 (11/6/2009 11:53:18 AM) comp.os.vms Since any idiot can put up a web page these days, you know it all can't be true. So imagine my surprise when I bumped into this: http://radsoft.net/rants/20040831,00.shtml Dave always wanted to rewrite VMS in... n.rieck (1972)