VMS (Virtual Memory System) was a landmark operating system developed by Digital Equipment Corporation ( #DEC ) between 1975 and 1977, in conjunction with the design of the #VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) architecture. Conceived as a next-generation environment to succeed the #PDP11 line and its RSX operating systems, VMS was engineered to exploit the full capabilities of 32-bit virtual memory addressing.
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Karl Matthias 🇺🇦
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Some neat info about 70s hard drive contaminants.
From the DEC RK05 disk drive maintenance manual (DEC-00-HRK05-C-D)
Some neat info about 70s hard drive contaminants.
From the DEC RK05 disk drive maintenance manual (DEC-00-HRK05-C-D)
And now for something completely meta: Interlisp-10 inside Medley Interlisp.
The terminal emulator of the window at center is connected to SDF's PDP-10 system running Interlisp-10 under TOPS-20 (TWENEX). The shell with the terminal emulator and Medley Interlisp are running on Linux.
Since I'm playing with Interlisp-10 on TWENEX I put together a reading list of documentation to get familiar with DEC's operating system.
https://archive.org/details/tops-20-users-guide
https://archive.org/details/tops-20-commands
Stefano Marinelli
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On this weekend the BIG hacker's festival, named "ChaosConstructions" is starting!
https://chaosconstructions.ru/
There are should be a lot of retro tech: #SunMicrosystem servers, some old #DEC stuff, #SunOS (or #Solaris ) terminals, PCs from Win95/98 era, etc. All hardware is working 
I was on the festival in the last year. Some photos from this festival are here: https://eugene-andrienko.com/photo/2024/09/01/summer-photos-2024.html (section "Computers").
So, on the next week(s) you (my subscribers) will be flooded by the photos of the various retro tech, sorry (but no sorry) 
On this weekend the BIG hacker's festival, named "ChaosConstructions" is starting!
https://chaosconstructions.ru/
There are should be a lot of retro tech: #SunMicrosystem servers, some old #DEC stuff, #SunOS (or #Solaris ) terminals, PCs from Win95/98 era, etc. All hardware is working
I was on the festival in the last year. Some photos from this festival are here: https://eugene-andrienko.com/photo/2024/09/01/summer-photos-2024.html (section "Computers").
So, on the next week(s) you (my subscribers) will be flooded by the photos of the various retro tech, sorry (but no sorry)
Heads up to DEC enthusiasts: @bitsavers uploaded dozens of scans of issues of The Mini Tasker DECUS RT-11 SIG newsletter.
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/decus/DECUS_SIG_Newsletters/mini-tasker