[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Henry Crun]

On 03/01/2019 19:19, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <mn.1bac7e31e941b93e.104627 at invalid.skynet.be>, Marc Van Dyck <marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be> writes:
>> gיrard Calliet has brought this to us :
>>> Le 02/01/2019 א 02:31, Richard Maher a יcrit :
>>>> On 31/12/2018 4:08 pm, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>>> In article <q0bsng$t88$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Richard Maher
>>>>> <maher_rjSPAMLESS at hotmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My real point is that I'm just sick of all these nostalgia junkies
>>>>>> saying "Without a DEC keyboard I can't play Star Tek properly :-(" pr
>>>>>
>>>>> No.  How many years have people lost because they never learned to type
>>>>> properly?  If one can type properly AND use the keypad (not just in
>>>>> EDT), a huge amount of time is saved.  Of course, people who can't type
>>>>> properly won't care about the keypad.
>>>>
>>>> Yep. Even by my shoddy standards my post was unintelligible. Started my New
>>>> Year's eve celebrating pretty early.
>>>>>
>>>>>> "I'm too old too learm Windows" (tou should DCL fans will love
>>>>>> PowerShell).
>>>>>
>>>>> No.  Life is too short to mess with Windows.  Or Linux.
>>>>
>>>> I take my hat off to everyone/anyone who's been able to earn a living in
>>>> the last 10 years IT with just VMS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I did.
>>
>> I did too. I started my career with VMS in college in 1980, and never
>> left it since. I never touched a single Unix or Linux system, and
>> I'm just a simple, straightforward MS Windows end user. And it looks
>> like the next five years I have in front of me to finish my
>> professional
>> career will not be any different. How's that ?
> 
> Good for you!  My money comes in from VMS.  I use Linux and Android, but
> nothing really for anthing that brings me money.  WEENDOZE?  Useless!  I
> have one rocket altimeter that requires its data communication/download
> software run on WEENDOZE.  It's nothing but problems, problems, problems.
> I will not purchase any product that has a WEENDOZE only interface and I
> am quite sorry I purchased this one particular altimeter.  I have never
> has a need for WEENDOZE and as soon as I replace this rocket altimeter,
> I will never have need for it again.
> 


Me too, more or less.
Started on PDP-11 (RSTS 6? IIRC)
Went to a VAX 730 as soon as we got one.
Working with VMS since except for a three-month hiatus between being fired by HP for reaching mandatory pension age, and 
being rehired by HP as a contractor at a client's site.
Still there, working part-time. Turned 75 this year so that's probably my last job.
(When I started I was told 'it's a two year project' - that was four years ago...)
Linux at home, though.

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