[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[pcoviello at gmail.com]

On Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 9:07:52 PM UTC-5, Richard Maher wrote:
> On 4/01/2019 2:17 am, Henry Crun wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Congratulations all!
> 
> Just curious. How many apart from Brian are developers and how many get 
> paid for "Monitoring" backups etc.
> 
> I guess I should've qualified my hat-tipping to developers (and not VSI 
> people)

I'm a sys admin, and cache DBA, no development of any kind. 4 servers 
2 production 2 test, so technically I monitor backups and cache, and of course the systems, I am it, except for my manager.