Re: Teen caught in the wrong decade: VMS today
- From: Allison-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:31:37 GMT
On 28 Dec 2005 15:05:13 -0800, "Mike Nolan" <mpnolan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Greetings.
>
>I'm 18 and a geek, and I've often wished that I had grown up in the
>'80s rather than the late '90s. I read stories by more elder geeks
>about their first programming experiences with BASIC on X old machine
>at their grandpa's house, and I read textfiles.com, and everything just
>seemed more fun back then. Today, it seems like software has gotten so
>complex that it's a lot more work to see the whole system, to feel like
>you're almost a few steps behind knowing everything :).
>
>Since I don't have a time machine yet, I've decided to instead bring
>those times to me. VMS interests me, but all I have around are x86
>machines. So I'm wondering if you guys have any recommendations on
>hardware I could buy and where to do it.
>
>I'd like to run a server with Telnet/SSH access so that I can play with
>it from school or give friends accounts. A webserver would be cool,
>too--maybe this OSU thing that my university runs :P. Otherwise, my
>needs aren't too complex. I'll probably mostly be using it in text
>mode.
>
>It would be nice to only spend around $100, but that's probably a pipe
>dream.
Hunt around for a microVAX3100 or 4000 that works. They are common
enough and do turn up for free or close to it. I might add it's a
real VAX to run VMS on. ;)
Allison
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