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iamcamiel

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About iamcamiel

Kernel developer at VMS Software, Inc. www.vmssoftware.com

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    Comment #17171240

    I agree wholeheartedly :-) Incidentally, I have 9 Convexes at home: https://vaxbarn.com/index.php/43-project/641-the-convex-comp...

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    Comment #14791330

    For those unfamiliar with OpenVMS clusters, here's an excellent write-up: http://www.availabilitydigest.com/public_articles/0306/openv...

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    Comment #14791241

    Close. Macro-32 on x86 will use a lower-level interface to the same LLVM backend used by the other languages.

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    Comment #14791228

    The Commerzbank case (datacenter near twin towers, contingency site in Rye, NY) is well documented: http://www.availabilitydigest.com/public_articles/0407/comme...

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    Comment #14791185

    There's also the later (since 2003 or so) OpenVMS technical journal: http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/journal/

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    Comment #14791162

    About a year ago, all of these were scanned from the paper originals. Available as PDF - WITH figures - from http://www.dtjcd.vmsresource.org.uk

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    Comment #14790857

    Yes, you can still get hobbyist licenses from HP for OpenVMS: https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 Note that some fields that are not marked mandatory should be t…

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    Comment #14790402

    Thanks! I have some videos online of presentations I did at last year's OpenVMS Boot Camp. Some with diagrams :-) My apologies for the sometimes poor audio quality. https://www.you…

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    Comment #14790158

    That's a fairly old one, IIRC it dates from the 8.4-1H1 release, or May 2015. The team is considerably larger today.

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    Comment #14789271

    I see lots of questions about who uses OpenVMS. In general, places where downtime and security breaches are frowned upon, as well as markets where VMS has had a long-time presence,…

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    Comment #14788784

    Nonstop has already been ported to x86-64 some years ago. It runs fine there - with better performance than it did on Itanium.

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    Comment #14788177

    This isn't quite correct. What was - and still is - made available to customers willing to pay for it were listings, generated by the compilers, not the original sources. There are…