Re: VMS 30th anniversary contest

On Nov 29, 9:49 am, koeh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob
Koehler) wrote:
In article <d9o3j.152$Pk...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:



I asked Sue about this when the letter arrived. My old VAXen are not HP
servers. Anyway, if anyone here has an old 11/780 in service, you should
be the winner.

Must be some. But right now I can't go back past VMS 4.7 on an
11/785.

It appears to be the version of VMS "in production", not the age or
model of the processor that HP is interested in. Although I've used
versions that would only boot on an 11/780, I've never seen
anything pre VMS 2.5 "in production", and I know those particular
systems have been retired.

I'm definitely puzzled by the motivation for this contest.

"You bought our system eons ago, never upgraded, so now we'll reward
you for not giving us any additional business by giving you your very
own Integrity server! We hope you enjoy porting your app from VMS 2.5
to 8.3!"

Oh, I see, they want to sell consulting services for the port (but to
only one luck winner!). :-)

Additionally, some in this ng often tell me to upgrade every time I
post a problem or question! ;-) (OK, I assume even my VMS V6.1 systems
aren't old enough.)


AEF
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