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Richard HarmsUpgraded <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> for x86-64 running as a Proxmox guest a couple days ago. My college self would've been excited by this, we had to use VMS on a VAX 8600 and later a 8650. I used A/UX on a Mac the whole time, and only later did they get a DECstation 3100 with Ultrix on it.

HP van BraamFor reference the ... lets say inspiration for the logo. The actual <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> logo.

HP van BraamWell, the operating system itself isn't fully done yet, but at least I finished the logo for the <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/WHY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WHY2025</a> badge operating system.Introducing <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/BadgeVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BadgeVMS</a>, an actual Virtual Memory System for the <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> camp!I hope you don't like <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POSIX</a> too much. There's no POSIX where we're going. (Or at least not a lot of POSIX)<a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/hackercamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackercamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a>

stdevel<a href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenPA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@OpenPA</a> Lovely thread! Had both a C8000 and a RX2600 10 years ago running <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RHEL</a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HPUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HPUX</a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> 🤩

Stephen HoffmanI overlaid two contiguous files and two reserved storage ranges onto up to five GPT partitions, to allow a non-partition-supporting operating system to coexist with EFI and its required GPT partitioning, and with the two files placed atop the boot and maintenance partitions.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UglyHack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UglyHack</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@postmodern/114679619465262045" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://infosec.exchange/@postmodern/114679619465262045</a>

Stephen Hoffman<a href="https://mastodon.social/@treefifty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@treefifty</a> The native experience was usually whichever usually-bespoke app the site needs.Most OpenVMS boxes ran basic services (DECnet, later IPv4, maybe clustering, maybe a database).Development-focused boxes then had compilers, and some now-basic development tools..Most boxes then ran server- or organization-specific apps.Assuming development usage, it’d be TCP/IP Services (the vendor add-on IP stack), maybe DECnet (Phase IV is simpler and lighter, DECnet-Plus (Phase V) is bigger and way more complex, RMS services, some mix of compilers, probably DECset (which includes the classic native IDE LSEDIT, and the classic source code-management tool CMS and build tool MMS), probably the SSL libraries, and usually a few other chunks.In the doc set, read the User’s Manual first, then either the volumes of the system management manual, and/or the volumes of the Programming Concepts manual. The rest of the docs all branched off from there.Do not try to carry over your knowledge and expectations of UNIX. While there are some commonalities, many things are very different. Trying to apply knowledge or assumptions from UNIX, you will get frustrated.Decuserve is an open-access server run by volunteers and hosted by VSI, the HPE-licensed “owner” of OpenVMS and its development.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

Stephen HoffmanFor the ~six of y’all that might be interested in the GUID partitioning table storage partitioning — used on many modern systems including macOS, OpenVMS I64 on Integrity Itanium, most anything using EFI or UEFI consoles, and others — here is the Apple Technical Note TN2166 Secrets of the GPT document:<a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2166/_index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2166/_index.html</a>This being one of the better GPT introductions available.This and related technical discussions also have all unfortunately been buried by that unrelated AI stuff.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/efi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#efi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macos</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uefi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uefi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gpt</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

derSammlerUnerwarteter Software-Fund in den CD-Laufwerken des InfoServer 100. 🙂<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAX</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

treefiftyIs anyone running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> in their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a>? Looking for suggestions on software and services to run on it for a more native experience. Coming from a heavy Unix-like background.

Graham RossiterI've been pottering around with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMS</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> for a little while now, sometimes quite deeply (for a novice) and sometimes very much userland. Mostly this is with VAX/simh legacy versions. Seeking more structure to my dabbling, I'm now 57% of the way through this, and am enjoying this retro/geek journey. I have a similar sysadmin book to read when I'm finished with this one.I've never used VMS professionally, which is a shame, considering the layers of intriguing style this has.

Graham RossiterSo long, old friend.This Community licensed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> x86-64 version 9.2_2 VMS platform is about to expire. It's served its purpose perfectly, giving me an almost-current installation from which to learn some VMS fundamentals. I have a replacement running version 9.2_3 and this will continue where the expiring version leaves off. Still, though, I feel a twinge of sadness at retiring it. I still have much to learn about VMS, and it's a very interesting operating environment to study.

Stephen HoffmanOne of the lesser-known units of time measurement is the microfortnight.The microfortnight unit exists in VAX/VMS because the console hardware clock interrupts used in the VAX-11/730 console measure elapsed time in a unitthat differs from a second. This hardware interrupt frequency choice affects timeouts related to console operations.(Note: Once VAX/VMS is booted, things related to timekeeping and timers all work as expected, and seconds are a second in length. But when running the console program, not so much.)This also led to the creation of the SD730 Fixed Head Solar Horologue option; a sundial intended to assist with tinekeeping.<a href="https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=76256&cid=6805264" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=76256&cid=6805264</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/digitalequipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalequipment</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vax11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax11</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

Patrick TerlistenGood old times.... <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> Server - Disaster Proof in 13.71 seconds<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwthF9x210" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwthF9x210</a>

N-gated Hacker News🚀 Wow, only 47 years for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> to catch up with the 21st century! 🎉 Who knew package management was such a futuristic concept? 🤖 Next up, maybe we'll get fire and the wheel! 🔥🛞 <a href="https://raymii.org/s/blog/After_47_years_OpenVMS_gets_a_package_manager_VSP.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://raymii.org/s/blog/After_47_years_OpenVMS_gets_a_package_manager_VSP.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PackageManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PackageManagement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/21stCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#21stCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechHumor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FuturisticConcepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuturisticConcepts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ngated</a>

Hacker NewsAfter 47 years, OpenVMS gets a package manager (VSP)<a href="https://raymii.org/s/blog/After_47_years_OpenVMS_gets_a_package_manager_VSP.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://raymii.org/s/blog/After_47_years_OpenVMS_gets_a_package_manager_VSP.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Package" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Package</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Manager</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VSP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Software</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Development</a>

Stephen HoffmanWhile the OpenVMS Y2K evaluation intentionally did not evaluate 2038 and the “fun” of the signed 32-bit epoch overflow, OpenVMS development did fix a 2038 bug that had been detected.Other operating systems are fixing 2038 bugs, too: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-13.5-Beta-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-13.5-Beta-2</a>What else might break?Regardless of platform, test your code.You might have a date with surprises.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/y2038" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#y2038</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/epoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#epoch</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

ICMIt is a rare day. Rosenkrantz has been resetting to firmware so we bought another VAX 4000-60 to try sort it out and this one is the cleanest we've ever seen.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a>

Stephen Hoffman<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lcamtuf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lcamtuf</a> OpenVMS system security has data structure and API prefixes including NSA (Non-discretionary Security Auditing), KGB (Key Grant Block), and CIA (Compound Intrusion Analysis).<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Your VAX in a Cloud is Ready <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEC</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/VMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMs</a>

IT NewsYour VAX in a Cloud is Ready - For many people of a certain age, the DEC VAX was the first computer they ever use... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dec</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a>

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