Some of the more... unusual... #OpenVMS system error messages:

$ exit 2928
%SYSTEM-W-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels
$ exit 13492
%SYSTEM-F-GAMEOVER, all your base are belong to us
$

The latter has a few other related comments, too:

! ADD GAMEOVER MESSAGE FOR INTERSTELLAR CONQUEST.
literal SS$_GAMEOVER = 13492;
! N.B. DO NOT CORRECT THE GRAMMAR IN GAMEOVER, THE MESSAGE IS AS INTENDED

#retrocomputering #retrocomputers #history #History #digitalequipmentcorporation #digital #DigitalEquipmentCorporation

PSA: For the ~three of you here that might access the #decuserve #eisner #VSI #OpenVMS Alpha server, the ssh port has changed from the standard 22 to 22867, and the ssh server has been updated with newer keys and certificates.

Why? The ssh server used on that OpenVMS box apparently doesn't contend well with ubiquitous ssh brute-forcing.

Some related reading:
https://eisner.decus.org/online/ssh

#DigitalEquipmentCorporation #retrocomputering #retrocomputers #Retrocomputing #ssh #IT #InfoSec #infosec

An antiquing find from the dustier parts of an old bookshelf:

ia-64 linux kernel design and implementation.

For those not of a certain age, ia-64 is the given name of the then-HP Intel EPIC VLIW architecture. Itanium, as more commonly known.

Itanium? It was weird. While it lasted.

If you should find an Itanium server somewhere and then suddenly and unexpectedly find yourself porting an operating system to it (I hate when that happens), this book would be a good start.

#retrocomputering #retrocomputers #Retrocomputing #Itanium #History #history #Linux #linux

VMS Software (VSI) has a Python qualification tool available for determining hardware compatibility of OpenVMS x86-64 on your local Intel or AMD server:

https://vmssoftware.com/openkits/alpopensource/vmscheck.zip

Example run:

OpenVMS 9.x compatibility quick-check

Summary:
Your CPU appears to be compatible with OpenVMS 9.2 and up.

Detailed info:

Vendor ID : GenuineIntel
CPU name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz

Necessary for OpenVMS 9.x:
Intel or AMD CPU : Yes
SSE 4.1 : Yes
XSAVE : Yes
TSC : Yes
APIC : Yes
MTRR : Yes

Optional for OpenVMS 9.x:
PCID : Yes
X2APIC : Yes
FSGSBASE : Yes
MD_CLEAR : Yes
XSAVEOPT : Yes

And to think, Alpha EV7z peaked at 1.3 GHz, and a top-binned Itanium Poulson, err, Kittson peaked at 2.66 GHz, and here an old and slow i5 is now well past both at 3.4 GHz. (Yes, I am well aware of the perils of comparing clock speeds across disparate architectures, but thanks for mentioning that.)

#OpenVMS #DigitalEquipmentCorporation #DEC #VSI #VMSSoftware #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputering #x86 #x86_64 #x64 #Itanium #Alpha

@industrialartifact I have the black VAX hardware books for VAX-11/780 and VAX-11/750 around here (somewhere).

Firmware listings were in the back of those books, and the 11/780 firmware is disconcertingly reminiscent of a 188-bit VLIW single-issue machine.

The VAX XFC instruction was fun, when user-writable control store (UWCS) option was available. Roll your own instructions, running at the same speed as everything else. If you had no UWCS present, XFC trapped to VAX instructions.

Those virtual address mappings fully permit mapping the first page of VAX virtual address space into whatever VAX physical addresses necessary.

It was OpenVMS (née VMS) that chose to set that first memory page no-access.

If you're into this stuff, a copy of DEC Standard 32—the VAX Architecture Standard—has become available in recent years:

http://w.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/archSpec/EL-00032-00-decStd32_Jan90.pdf

Learn about the virtualized VAX work there and other architectural arcana.

DECSTD032 was restricted access for a very long time.

#VAX #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrocomputering #thearchitectureforthe80s #DigitalEquipmentCorporation

After some tries I got #Amidon 1.1 working - at least on my FS-UAE-Installation.

Unfortunately I was not able to finish the authentication using IBrowse on the #Amiga as it was not possible to copy the key out of IBrowse. So I transfered the auth-URL and the resulting key via textfile and SMB-NAS between the Amiga and Linux and used Firefox to login.

Amidon still seems to have some bugs, but it feels great, sending this toot using an Amiga - a computer-system from 1992.

#Retrocomputering

Amidon v1.0 – Teil 2: FS-UAE

Nachdem ich den Amiga-Mastodon-Client auf dem nativen A1200 im Teil 1 noch nicht zum Laufen gebracht habe, folgte heute der nächste Versuch mit einer frischen AmigaOS 3.2.2 Version unter FS-UAE.

https://amiga.sessionid.de/amidon-teil-2/

#Amidon #Amiga1200 #Mastodon #MUI #P96 #UAE #Amiga #Retrocomputering

BigAgnus' Amiga-Blog

Da das Thema mich ganz offensichtlich nicht loslässt, sind die Beiträge zum Thema AMIGA nun aus meinem kaum noch gepflegten allgemeinen Blog hierher gewandert.

Je nach Lust und Zeit werde ich nun an dieser Stelle von meinen kleinen Amigaprojekten berichten.

https://amiga.sessionid.de/bigagnus-amiga-blog/

#Amiga1200 #Amiga600 #Amiga #Retrocomputering

🤩 endlich eingetroffen 🤩

... mal sehen, wann ich Zeit dafür finde.

#Amiga #Amiga1200 #PiStorm #PiStorm32 #retrocomputering

Watch "This Website Won't Die | Nostalgia Nerd" on YouTube #retrocomputering
https://youtu.be/RwxqsePUiU0

Backed up the BIOS on my childhood AST Advantage 611s now. Good to know that it's safe. As far as I know there were no BIOS dumps available. Before now 😎

Blog post follows soon

#ast #retrocomputering

I found this old microwave stand in a trash heap, and have been slowly converting into a rad place to house the TI-99/4a and maybe a Windows XP computer to play my old PC games.

#project #retrogaming #retrocomputering

Olha só o que eu achei perdido num armário aqui em casa! :blobaww:

Alguém sabe se o Mark Shuttleworth tem mastodon? 😁

Look what I have found on a cabinet at home!

Does anyone knows if Mark Shuttleworth has a mastodon account?

#ubuntu
#ubuntu504
#retrocomputering

Just lost an hour of my day researching vintage DOS palmtops and laptops on ebay and the web at large.

IF I could find one with DOS 5.0 or later in ROM, the ability to take CF cards, and a full sized DB-9 serial port for less than $200 I'd be sorely tempted.

If it could run on AAs, I don't think I'd hesitate.

Any #retrocomputering folks know of a model I should look for?