OpenVMS-tan movement sketches based on studies of two-handed sword positions and general action poses. #os-tan #gijinka #personification
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
OpenVMS-tan movement sketches based on studies of two-handed sword positions and general action poses. #os-tan #gijinka #personification
NCSA Mosaic – an Internet information browser and World Wide Web client. NCSA Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. archiveapp.org/ncsa-mosaic/ #webbrowser #amigaos #macos #unix #os2 #windows #openvms
NCSA Mosaic
Web site: ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/ (not active) Category: Network Subcategory: Web browsers Platform: AmigaOS, Mac OS, Unix, OS/2, Windows, OpenVMS License: Proprietary Interface: GUI…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NCSA Mosaic – an Internet information browser and World Wide Web client. NCSA Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. archiveapp.org/ncsa-mosaic/ #webbrowser #amigaos #macos #unix #os2 #windows #openvms
It's always fun to find some random back end process that keeps a significant chunk of an F500 afloat runs on OpenVMS that a cave troll keeps alive in the basement of a satellite office in Des Moines.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's always fun to find some random back end process that keeps a significant chunk of an F500 afloat runs on OpenVMS that a cave troll keeps alive in the basement of a satellite office in Des Moines.
OpenVMS is coming back any day now.
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
OpenVMS is coming back any day now.
で、ひょんなことから手元に来たInspironのi5の10000番代機をどうしようか思案している最中。
DELL G5に詰んでた512GBのSSDが有るから、ソレを載せ替えてghostBSDなりOpenBSDなりFreeBSDなりを試して見るのは有りだと思うんよね。
ソレに納得が行かなったらubuntuでもdebian（2機目）でもOpenSUSEでもOpenIndianaでも考えりゃ良し、と。
...すいません、流石にOpenVMSは敷居が高すぎるのでご堪忍を。
DELL G5に詰んでた512GBのSSDが有るから、ソレを載せ替えてghostBSDなりOpenBSDなりFreeBSDなりを試して見るのは有りだと思うんよね。
ソレに納得が行かなったらubuntuでもdebian（2機目）でもOpenSUSEでもOpenIndianaでも考えりゃ良し、と。
...すいません、流石にOpenVMSは敷居が高すぎるのでご堪忍を。
そして万が一に備え、長らく使用していなかったおかんＰＣ（モノは古いがi5 10000番台のinspiron）接収出来る事になったよ！
RAMについては手持ちの予備品で行ける事が確定。さーすがに8GBでWin11は不安が残る。
まぁ、FreeBSD化するなりdebian化するなりubuntu化するなりすれば問題無いんだけどね。
RAMについては手持ちの予備品で行ける事が確定。さーすがに8GBでWin11は不安が残る。
まぁ、FreeBSD化するなりdebian化するなりubuntu化するなりすれば問題無いんだけどね。
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
で、ひょんなことから手元に来たInspironのi5の10000番代機をどうしようか思案している最中。
DELL G5に詰んでた512GBのSSDが有るから、ソレを載せ替えてghostBSDなりOpenBSDなりFreeBSDなりを試して見るのは有りだと思うんよね。
ソレに納得が行かなったらubuntuでもdebian（2機目）でもOpenSUSEでもOpenIndianaでも考えりゃ良し、と。
...すいません、流石にOpenVMSは敷居が高すぎるのでご堪忍を。
DELL G5に詰んでた512GBのSSDが有るから、ソレを載せ替えてghostBSDなりOpenBSDなりFreeBSDなりを試して見るのは有りだと思うんよね。
ソレに納得が行かなったらubuntuでもdebian（2機目）でもOpenSUSEでもOpenIndianaでも考えりゃ良し、と。
...すいません、流石にOpenVMSは敷居が高すぎるのでご堪忍を。
where's the truck that has OpenVMS V9.2-3 for x86 ISOs in the back
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
where's the truck that has OpenVMS V9.2-3 for x86 ISOs in the back
It's funny to me that OpenVMS on the VAX was so influential with its DEC compiler suite that every Fortran compiler I've seen has multiple VMS compatibility options, to enable additional data types, I/O commands, and the ability to use "_" and "$" in identifiers. VMS uses "$" a lot in identifiers.
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's funny to me that OpenVMS on the VAX was so influential with its DEC compiler suite that every Fortran compiler I've seen has multiple VMS compatibility options, to enable additional data types, I/O commands, and the ability to use "_" and "$" in identifiers. VMS uses "$" a lot in identifiers.
macOS and the BSDs have a fun trick that OpenVMS also has, which is Ctrl-T will print a line or two of stats about the currently running process, perhaps even some output from the program itself, if it's busy doing something and knows about that signal.
FreeBSD vmstat has an extra column vs. Linux.
FreeBSD vmstat has an extra column vs. Linux.
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
macOS and the BSDs have a fun trick that OpenVMS also has, which is Ctrl-T will print a line or two of stats about the currently running process, perhaps even some output from the program itself, if it's busy doing something and knows about that signal.
FreeBSD vmstat has an extra column vs. Linux.
FreeBSD vmstat has an extra column vs. Linux.
#OTD in
1945: Retrocession of Taiwan; ROC sovereignty over Taiwan restored
1968: Haitian Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable officially recognised as founder of US city Chicago, IL
1977: Operating system VAX/VMS V1.0 (OpenVMS) released
2017: Study announced discovery of 1st ichthyosaur fossil in India
1945: Retrocession of Taiwan; ROC sovereignty over Taiwan restored
1968: Haitian Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable officially recognised as founder of US city Chicago, IL
1977: Operating system VAX/VMS V1.0 (OpenVMS) released
2017: Study announced discovery of 1st ichthyosaur fossil in India
October 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#OTD in
1945: Retrocession of Taiwan; ROC sovereignty over Taiwan restored
1968: Haitian Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable officially recognised as founder of US city Chicago, IL
1977: Operating system VAX/VMS V1.0 (OpenVMS) released
2017: Study announced discovery of 1st ichthyosaur fossil in India
1945: Retrocession of Taiwan; ROC sovereignty over Taiwan restored
1968: Haitian Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable officially recognised as founder of US city Chicago, IL
1977: Operating system VAX/VMS V1.0 (OpenVMS) released
2017: Study announced discovery of 1st ichthyosaur fossil in India
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Where OpenVMS went somewhat insane was trying to support both 32-bit and 64-bit pointers in the compilers, even within a source file. I think it makes more sense to use 64-bit pointers in the 64 bit code and just make sure the range is 32-bit safe. Later, programs that need more RAM can allocate it.
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Where OpenVMS went somewhat insane was trying to support both 32-bit and 64-bit pointers in the compilers, even within a source file. I think it makes more sense to use 64-bit pointers in the 64 bit code and just make sure the range is 32-bit safe. Later, programs that need more RAM can allocate it.
It's similar to the Amiga or other OS's where programs and system modules are passing pointers around to each other, so if you want to be compatible with legacy 32-bit modules and filesystems, then all pointers have to be in 32-bit address space. This is the problem OpenVMS had in moving to 64 bits.
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's similar to the Amiga or other OS's where programs and system modules are passing pointers around to each other, so if you want to be compatible with legacy 32-bit modules and filesystems, then all pointers have to be in 32-bit address space. This is the problem OpenVMS had in moving to 64 bits.
Say what you want about the cloud, but my OpenVMS systems are rock solid today.
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Say what you want about the cloud, but my OpenVMS systems are rock solid today.
In a nutshell, the way DEC, then Compaq, then HP did the ports of OpenVMS worked with very little emulation. They had ahead-of-time translators for binaries from VAX to Alpha, and from Alpha to Itanium. But the goal for each port was close to 100% source code compatibility, even for VAX MACRO asm.
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In a nutshell, the way DEC, then Compaq, then HP did the ports of OpenVMS worked with very little emulation. They had ahead-of-time translators for binaries from VAX to Alpha, and from Alpha to Itanium. But the goal for each port was close to 100% source code compatibility, even for VAX MACRO asm.
This is easy for me to say in retrospect, but I wonder how many fewer years it would've taken for a 64-bit ARM port of OpenVMS instead of the 64-bit x86 port that VSI spent 10 years or however long porting an OS originally written in 32-bit VAX assembly language, then ported to Alpha, then Itanium.
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This is easy for me to say in retrospect, but I wonder how many fewer years it would've taken for a 64-bit ARM port of OpenVMS instead of the 64-bit x86 port that VSI spent 10 years or however long porting an OS originally written in 32-bit VAX assembly language, then ported to Alpha, then Itanium.
Finally able to sit down with some Pumpkin Spice coffee and a cigar. Unwind, and play on SDF and maybe Hetzner (gonna see if I can get OpenVMS working). And at dark, I'll just sit with the gods and give thanks for their blessings this week :)
September 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Finally able to sit down with some Pumpkin Spice coffee and a cigar. Unwind, and play on SDF and maybe Hetzner (gonna see if I can get OpenVMS working). And at dark, I'll just sit with the gods and give thanks for their blessings this week :)
Gods, the shit these speakers are talking about at #charliekirk funeral is really scary "we will rid the land of evil". Bro, I'm just sitting here, drinking a cotton candy bang, programming #cobol on openvms because I'm thinking a #mainframe gig might be fun. Shoo. Leave me be.
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Gods, the shit these speakers are talking about at #charliekirk funeral is really scary "we will rid the land of evil". Bro, I'm just sitting here, drinking a cotton candy bang, programming #cobol on openvms because I'm thinking a #mainframe gig might be fun. Shoo. Leave me be.
#cobol on #nixos is so old, it's sitting next to your grandmother's pearls. Does not compile, and....I don't want to go through the headaches of writing nix files for a compiler. Which is fine. Doing it on OpenVMS seems more...authentic. Because of OpenVMS's batch facilities.
September 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
That's shockingly modern compared to what I'd conceived of VAXen being. A full gigglebyte of RAM and a version of OpenVMS from the new millennium? Wow.
September 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
That's shockingly modern compared to what I'd conceived of VAXen being. A full gigglebyte of RAM and a version of OpenVMS from the new millennium? Wow.
her Compaq Portable and also working on an AlphaServer exhibit, combining theirs in with ours to use the Pro/350 as a serial terminal for OpenVMS! Here are a few of my favorites from today
September 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
her Compaq Portable and also working on an AlphaServer exhibit, combining theirs in with ours to use the Pro/350 as a serial terminal for OpenVMS! Here are a few of my favorites from today
Sundays are for doing things that really serve no practical purpose...like playing #openvms <3 I wish it served a practical purpose. I would LOVE a job managing a VMS cluster. But those job are far and few.
September 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sundays are for doing things that really serve no practical purpose...like playing #openvms <3 I wish it served a practical purpose. I would LOVE a job managing a VMS cluster. But those job are far and few.