Re: VMS 30th anniversary 'Oldest VMS system' contest

On Apr 30, 1:58 pm, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
In article <a302efac-92ae-44dd-bf5c-aa7bcb31b...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rich Jordan <jor...@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On April 22nd, HP supposedly selected the winner of an Itanium server
based on the age of the oldest running system registered with them. I
didn't expect to win with my VS3100-30 but I did get nudged early in
April to validate the entry, which I did, so I know things were moving
at the time.

I haven't seen any announcement, and the 30th anniversary website
doesn't look to have been updated. The contest validation page still
tries to tell me I can validate my system as long as I do it before
April 8th but doesn't have anything new either.

Has there been an announcement? Did the selection take place? Who
won, and what was the oldest system that registered?

I've a MicroVAX 2000 which predates the VS3100-30. What gives?

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HP had a contest back when the 30th anniversary stuff was going on.
The person who registered the oldest running VMS system could win an
itanium server. I do not have a link to the site I registered at and
I can't make the HP search tool cough it up; I didn't see a link from
the 30th anniversary page either, though I think it was there before.

The validation link I have still tells me I can validate even though I
already did, but also doesn't have a link to the actual contest page;
the truncations of the URL I tried didn't work and I won't post the
whole thing since it ties into my entry; it is an HP site though; it
starts with: https://h30406.www3.hp.com/campaigns/2007/promo/

I registered the VS3100-30 I've been using as my main desktop since
starting with this company in 1991. It was here since at least 1990.
It has been in continuous use since then, albeit upgraded with SPX
card, full memory, bigger disks, and now an NEC LCD-2010 monitor (the
SPX and LCD were on my dime just to keep it on my desk).

If your MV2000 is still in use, did you register it for the contest,
and validate it when the request came in (April 8th for me)? If so
then I certainly didn't win, and you probably didn't or you would have
heard by now.

Rich
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