[Info-vax] Chaning machine name

[Dave Froble]

On 4/18/2023 9:52 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-04-18 at 09:30 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> - change SCSNODE in MODPARAMS.DAT and run AUTOGEN
>
> Why is it still limited to 6 characters whwn we have masses of memory
> and disk space?
>

Various software with 6 character limits, such as DECnet?

VMS doesn't have a single place for the node name.  Remember, VMS has been 
around for a while, and various software grew over time.  Perhaps room for some 
utility or script to set node name in all required places?  Might be difficult, 
since individual sites might also use node name in custom software?

Really, why would anyone want some longer name?  Perhaps better to ask, why 
would I want a longer node name?

:-)

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