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HP van BraamFor reference the ... lets say inspiration for the logo. The actual <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> logo.

HP van BraamWell, the operating system itself isn't fully done yet, but at least I finished the logo for the <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/WHY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WHY2025</a> badge operating system.Introducing <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/BadgeVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BadgeVMS</a>, an actual Virtual Memory System for the <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> camp!I hope you don't like <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/POSIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#POSIX</a> too much. There's no POSIX where we're going. (Or at least not a lot of POSIX)<a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/hackercamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackercamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a>

Stephen HoffmanFor the ~six of y’all that might be interested in the GUID partitioning table storage partitioning — used on many modern systems including macOS, OpenVMS I64 on Integrity Itanium, most anything using EFI or UEFI consoles, and others — here is the Apple Technical Note TN2166 Secrets of the GPT document:<a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2166/_index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2166/_index.html</a>This being one of the better GPT introductions available.This and related technical discussions also have all unfortunately been buried by that unrelated AI stuff.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/efi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#efi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macos</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uefi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uefi</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gpt</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

IT NewsYour VAX in a Cloud is Ready - For many people of a certain age, the DEC VAX was the first computer they ever use... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/01/28/your-vax-in-a-cloud-is-ready/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dec</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vax</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a>

rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@twylo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@twylo</a> If you’re gonna run something on a VAX, use a real operating system at least. <a href="https://mastodon.well.com/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://sueden.social/@DL1JPH" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DL1JPH</a> exactly that…It's the reason banks still roll their systems on them and why I know the story if a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#COBOL</a> developer who literally fixed their mothers' code that was older than they are...<ul><li>Same reason why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hp</a> still has to maintain <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAX</a> systems, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoD</a> (on behalf of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAA</a>) demanded them to uphold the open-ended, single-side - only cancellable contract that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEC</a> signed and that they inherited throigh <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Compaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compaq</a>'s acquisition of DEC, as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ATC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATC</a> Systems of the U.S. runs off those machines...</li></ul><a href="https://ieji.de/@anantagd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anantagd@ieji.de</a> <a href="https://fgc.network/users/anantagd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anantagd@fgc.network</a> <a href="https://furry.engineer/@JackRacc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@JackRacc</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@bhawthorne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bhawthorne</a>

:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:Two fucking years later - I STILL have not got a OpenVMS enthusiast licenseAnd I have applied three times.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/givingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#givingup</a>

Stephen HoffmanMore for entertainment, got <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> servers bound to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a> Server for external authentication.Had to de-tune some of the network security too, due to limitations on OpenVMS.Alas, Apple dropped macOS Server.(Still salty about that deprecation, too.)Which means further similar shenanigans now necessarily involve a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Synology</a> NAS box or other source of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LDAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LDAP</a> or directory services.Synology NAS and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> have together been subsuming what macOS Server had been providing, too.How the back-end servers shift, too. Decades ago, OpenVMS had been that server for many apps. Even the front-end prior to Y2K, too. Now, not so much.<a href="https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages?os_ver=7.2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages?os_ver=7.2</a>

:debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :opensuse:Another day, another OpenVMS Community submission...Third time I am trying, but still not accepted.I wonder why..<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vms</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

Chris HansonAre there any straightforward guides to setting up an SSH “jump server” for an old system? Let’s say I have a VAX VMS system I want to provide access to. People would ssh to cmhvax@mysite with a password I share, and each would produce a telnet connection to the VAX that they’d then have to log into with their real login and password. The past couple times I’ve looked into it, I got pretty lost in a forest of documentation… <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openvms</a>

GenghisKen CoarI've already done an <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>, but I'm gonna toot some of my <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/interests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interests</a> in the hopes of growing my <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> network of contacts. I'm primarily a <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/softwaredev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredev</a> mostly working on <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> stuff, butStuff I know about (at least competent at): <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#floss</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Ruby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ruby</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Puppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Puppet</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VMS</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/OpenVMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenVMS</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>Stuff I want to learn, or learn more about: <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ansible</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#golang</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robotics</a>

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