[Info-vax] VMS Farewell message?

[Peter Weaver]

On Aug 4, 4:58 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> I would take a look at SHUTDOWN.COM
>
> If I am not mistaken, it calls OPCRASH.EXE at the very end. If you can
> find this, you would "write sys$output <your message here>" just before.

If it was me, I would insert


$ esc[0,7]=27
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6          'E's not pinin'!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6           'E's passed on!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6   This OpenVMS System is no more!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6         He has ceased to be!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6    'E's a stiff! Bereft of life,"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6          'e rests in peace!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6     If you hadn't nailed 'im to"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6     the perch 'e'd be pushing up"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6             the daisies!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6          'E's off the twig!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6       'E's kicked the bucket,"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6  'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil,"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6   run down the curtain and joined"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#6   the bleedin' choir invisibile!!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#3      THIS IS AN EX-VMS SYSTEM!!"
$ write sys$output "''esc'#4      THIS IS AN EX-VMS SYSTEM!!"

right before the
$run sys$system:opccrash


Peter Weaver
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