Just picked up a very complete MicroVAX 3800. I have very little experience
with VMS as this is my first VAX. Mostly a PDP-8 guy, I suppose.
I'm running through the change password procedure, which I had seen
mentioned previously on this list:
SET VAXCLUSTER 0
SET /STARTUP OPA0:
SET WRITESYSPARAM
Nice one! A big'un and fully loaded, too!
You tried this procedure? Always worked for me.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v1/atw.pdf
Best,
Sean
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Kyle Owen wrote:
> Just picked up a very complete MicroVAX 3800. I have very little experience
> with VM
This is Sue Skonetski from VMS Software Inc. (www.vmssoftware.com)
Welcome to the world of VMS.
One of the huge advantages is the help so at the dead sergeant prompt >> you
can type in help show device, help cluster.
VMS is not case sensitive and is designed to be secure from the very start of
Kyle Owen wrote:
>
> Just picked up a very complete MicroVAX 3800. I have very little experience
> with VMS as this is my first VAX. Mostly a PDP-8 guy, I suppose.
>
> I'm running through the change password procedure, which I had seen
> mentioned previously on this list:
>
> SET VAXCLUSTER 0
> SET
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Peter Coghlan
wrote:
>
> You need an @ sign in front of SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM
>
> (Sorry - I think I originally posted that procedure with the @ sign
> missing.)
>
That seemed to do the trick! I'm now in the system. I'm struggling to
understand how to switch betw
Kyle Owen wrote:
>
> That seemed to do the trick! I'm now in the system. I'm struggling to
> understand how to switch between making it conversational boot and not. I'm
> assuming the lack of the NiCd battery will mean it won't necessarily
> remember such preferences, but maybe I'm wrong. At this p
