Hi! Yes. And you need that. You just "break in" and then change the system password. If you're new to OpenVMS you might want to read my OpenVMS Howto on www.freddym.org -- Best Regards, Freddy ===================================================================== Frederik Meerwaldt ICQ: 83045387 Homepage: http://www.freddym.org Bavaria/Germany OpenVMS and Unix Howtos and much more FREEBSD, NETBSD, OPENBSD, TRU64, OPENVMS, ULTRIX, BEOS, LINUX

Neil Cherry wrote: I don't think education has all that much to do with it quite often. I didn't make it out of high school, but have done quite well for myself, IMnotsoHO. :) I've seen some of the people who have come out of college and university courses, and I think experience can teach you more than what you get in school. Many highly educated people have a lot of theoretical knowledge, but limited experience or practical knowledge. I'm not knocking going to school. In fact, the one thing that I think school provides is a validation of your ability to stick with things through to the end. Recently, I thought about going back and finishing high school, and then taking university courses, but at this stage of the game, people aren't looking at my academic record, as much as my ability to solve their problems and work effectively and efficiently. Just my CDN$0.02. -- Tim Harrison Network Engineer harrison(a)timharrison.com http://www.networklevel.com/

Hello Tim On 24-Sep-00, you wrote: I agree with most of that. I'm a college dropout myself, and I've seen and heard of college grads in EE who couldn't even design a simple linear power supply. Nothing replaces the school of hard knocks. And some of our greatest inventions were done by non-degreed people. All that degree really means is that you made it through 192 credit hours of classes with a 2.0 or better GPA. It doesn't say you remembered any of it. And then there's Bill Gates, but that is a lenghty rant that would run into volumes. Won't go there today . . . . Regards -- Gary Hildebrand Box 6184 St. Joseph, MO 64506-0184 816-662-2612 or ghldbrd(a)ccp.com

At 03:35 PM 9/24/00 -0400, Tim Harrison wrote: That's because you were being a smart-ass and you were wrong :-) The PALM's OS resides in "Flash" (aka very rarely written, and non-volatile RAM). It is better to tell undergrads that cars do not fly, then to explain to them that _most_ cars don't fly but some very creative types in Santa Monica once converted a Pinto into an airplane by attaching wings and a tail and adding a pusher prop. I usually hear on of three reasons why people "drop out" of college: 1) They run out of money. This is a legitimate excuse and typically these folks return when they refresh their cash supply. 2) They get "bored because they ain't learnin' nuthin'" If they change to another school, or change to a different major and then finish college that's fine. If they simply leave and try to find work then when I interview them I know a cannot trust them to complete a task they get bored with. They cannot motivate themselves to do the necessary but distasteful things that come with "work." 3) They quit to pursue an opportunity of a lifetime. Well if they are interviewing with me then that opportunity didn't work out, and if they didn't go back to school then I have to wonder if maybe they just weren't cut out for it. The problem as I see it is that "college", unlike "high school", switches the onus of learning from the staff to the student. Anyone that goes to college, seeks out things to learn about, plows through the paper work and general education requirements, and exits with a diploma is someone I will hire over anyone who got bored an dropped out because they weren't being taught anything. I ask them, "Why did you tolerate not learning anything?" And they are usually pretty dumbfounded like, "Gee aren't you just supposed to put in your 2 to 4 years and get out?" --Chuck

I just picked up a MicroVax 3400 at a hamfest. I haven't used a vax in years (had some exposure to an early vax in the mid 80's). 1) How can I get a distribution of vms on tape for it (it has a tk70 tape drive)? I have no cdrom drive even if I had a copy of the cdrom distribution. The system is currently running vms 5.1. (I have already applied for decus membership..but it sounds like its gonna take a while before I have a membership #). 2) How can I get it to talk to SCSI devices (so I could possibly hook-up a cdrom drive)? Thanks! -Bob Bob Brown Saved by grace Intranet Sysadmin Page: http://info1.harper.cc.il.us/~bbrown

Hi! VMS 5.1 is not recent anymore. You can get a license and some kits on www.montagar.com and a short intro (installing, configuring,...) on www.freddym.org I don't know if NetBSD is supoprted on this machine, but if it, you could try it out, too. It's very nice, too. I think so. Shouldn't be a problem. If it has a SCSI Controller, just attach a SCSI-CDROM (preferably a DEC) and it should work. -- Best Regards, Freddy ===================================================================== Frederik Meerwaldt ICQ: 83045387 Homepage: http://www.freddym.org Bavaria/Germany OpenVMS and Unix Howtos and much more FREEBSD, NETBSD, OPENBSD, TRU64, OPENVMS, ULTRIX, BEOS, LINUX

Hi, I recently purchased a number of RL02 cartridges. Some are labeled: RL02K-DC and some RL02K-EF. What's the difference between them? One had one side of the shock indicator set, a second had both set. Would it be a really bad idea to use either of these, or just a bad idea? Thanks, clint

At 12:53 02-10-2000 -0600, Clint wrote: Quality of media. The DC's were generics, and the EF's were certified to be error-free (hence the 'EF' designation). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).