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2012
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'12
3:08 p.m.
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Regards
SPc.
21 Sep
21 Sep
8:47 a.m.
In article <CACytpF8zO_O27KFuoW6CKLUL5wSz90_iMA1RjTj5DvS2rMZvJg at mail.gmail.com>,
SPC <spedraja at ono.com> writes:
/271063456942?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Manuals_Merchandise&hash=item3f1ca41cae#h
t_500wt_1148
Speaking of VMS manual walls, how much of this stuff is online?
The last time I went trundling through HP's documentation/support
site, I had a very hard time finding things and I don't have much
confidence they'll maintain that online content forever.
I have a large pile of VMS manuals that I could start scanning, but I
don't know how urgent/important a task that is. I was planning on
just scanning the graphics related stuff (GKS implementation, PHIGS
implementation).
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9:06 a.m.
No idea.
I got a box with a lot of manuals of VMS 7.x a couple of years ago,
but I didn't review the stuff until now. I was waiting to have
installed my VMS machines and review my hobbyist license (I don't
locate this).
In the other hand, I think that HP had many manuals online in the past.
SPc.
2012/9/21 Richard <legalize at xmission.com>:
In article <CACytpF8zO_O27KFuoW6CKLUL5wSz90_iMA1RjTj5DvS2rMZvJg at
mail.gmail.com>,
SPC <spedraja at ono.com> writes:
/271063456942?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Manuals_Merchandise&hash=item3f1ca41cae#h
t_500wt_1148
Speaking of VMS manual walls, how much of this stuff is online?
The last time I went trundling through HP's documentation/support
site, I had a very hard time finding things and I don't have much
confidence they'll maintain that online content forever.
I have a large pile of VMS manuals that I could start scanning, but I
don't know how urgent/important a task that is. I was planning on
just scanning the graphics related stuff (GKS implementation, PHIGS
implementation).
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
9:48 a.m.
If you had (or have) the quarterly support contract, you get a folder of
CD's with all the software and documentation.
I am far from a VMS expert, but I have been told that all that is in a
grey wall would be in the CD package. I'm sure that VMS experts will
know which manuals are rare and likely not in such a CD distribution.
It would be nice to know if either the Grey or Orange walls have such
things that should be collected when reducing the pile for the
landfill. Anything which can be had electronically I'd not save at this
point on paper.
But it would be a shame to miss the equivalent DEC stuff to what in the
IBM Mainframe world are the Y and restricted manuals, which crop up from
closets.
jim
On 9/21/2012 9:06 AM, SPC wrote:
No idea.
I got a box with a lot of manuals of VMS 7.x a couple of years ago,
but I didn't review the stuff until now. I was waiting to have
installed my VMS machines and review my hobbyist license (I don't
locate this).
In the other hand, I think that HP had many manuals online in the past.
SPc.
2012/9/21 Richard <legalize at xmission.com>:
In article
<CACytpF8zO_O27KFuoW6CKLUL5wSz90_iMA1RjTj5DvS2rMZvJg at mail.gmail.com>,
SPC <spedraja at ono.com> writes:
/271063456942?pt=US_Vintage_Computing_Manuals_Merchandise&hash=item3f1ca41cae#h
t_500wt_1148
Speaking of VMS manual walls, how much of this stuff is online?
The last time I went trundling through HP's documentation/support
site, I had a very hard time finding things and I don't have much
confidence they'll maintain that online content forever.
I have a large pile of VMS manuals that I could start scanning, but I
don't know how urgent/important a task that is. I was planning on
just scanning the graphics related stuff (GKS implementation, PHIGS
implementation).
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
10:27 a.m.
FWIW - I've got a pdf of
HP Pascal for OpenVMS - Language Reference Manual - Jan 2005
Keven Miller
2:27 p.m.
On 09/21/2012 05:47 PM, Richard wrote:
Speaking of VMS manual walls, how much of this stuff
is online?
What I sometimes wonder is if there is a list of manuals, books,
leaflets that digital/dec/hp/compaq ever printed. That way we could make
a progress bar of all available documentation (both scanned and in
peoples closets)
I suppose that Manx is a list like that, but I don't know how that list
was made or if it is complete.
Regards,
Pontus
3:37 p.m.
In article <505CDBC3.5050803 at update.uu.se>,
Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> writes:
I suppose that Manx is a list like that, but I
don't know how that list
was made or if it is complete.
It almost certainly is not complete, even for DEC material which has
always been manx's strength.
Currently I have been running a beta to allow other editors to make
contributions and that basic UI stuff has been vetted. I need to add
some audit trail type mechanisms so that the changes can be tracked
instead of just overwriting existing data.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book
<http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
22 Sep
22 Sep
8:31 a.m.
*I have the following VMS orange (v4.x) & grey (v5.x) manuals scanned: *
*
*
*ORANGE WALL*DateVolumeVMSDocument NumberDescriptionJul
19851A4.2AA-Z101B-TEIntroduction
to the VAX/VMS document setSep 19841A4.0AA-Z102A-TEVAX/VMS GlossaryJul 1985
1A4.2AA-Z104B-TEVAX/VMS Master IndexSep 19841B4.0AA-Z105A-TEVAX/VMS Release
Notes 4.0Jan 19851B4.1AA-EF55A-TEVAX/VMS release Notes 4.1Jul 19851B4.3
AA-Z106A-TEVAX/VMS Release Notes 4.2Apr 19861B4.4AA-Z107A-TEVAX/VMS Release
Notes 4.4Sep 19861B4.5AA-JF88A-TEVAX/VMS Release Notes 4.5Jun 19871B4.5
AA-KN06A-TEVAX/VMS Release Notes 4.6Jul 198524.2AA-Z200B-TEVAX/VMS DCL
DictionarySep 19843A4.0AA-Z300A-TEVAX EDT Reference ManualJul 19853A4.2
AA-Z301B-TEVAX DIGITAL Runoff (DSR) Reference ManualJul 19853B4.2AA-EC64B-TEVAX
Text Processing Utility Reference ManualJul 19853B4.2AA-Z302A-TEUser's
Guide to EVESep 19844A4.0AA-Z414A-TEAccess Control List editor Reference
ManualSep 19844A4.0AA-Z400A-TEVAX/VMS Accounting Utility Reference ManualSep
19844A4.0AA-Z404A-TEVAX/VMS Analyze/RMS_File Utility Reference ManualSep
19844A4.0AA-Z406A-TEVAX/VMS Authorize Utility Reference ManualSep 19844A4.0
AA-Z407A-TEVAX/VMS Backup Utility Reference ManualSep
19844A4.0AA-Z435A-teVAX/VMS
Bad block Locator Utility Reference ManualSep 19844A4.0AA-Z410A-TEVAX/VMS
DECnet test Sender/DECnet Test Receiver Utility Reference ManualSep 19844A
4.0AA-Z408A-TEVAX/VMS Command Definition Utility Reference ManualSep 19844A
4.0AA-Z409A-TEVAX/VMS Convert and Convert/Reclaim Utility Reference ManualSep
19844A4.0AA-Z412A-TEVAX/VMS DELTA/XDELTA Utility Reference ManualSep 19844A
4.0AA-Z413A-TEVAX/VMS Disk Quota Utility Reference ManualJul 19854A4.2
AA-Z402B-TEVAX/VMS Error Log Utility reference ManualJul 19854A4.2
AA-Z416B-TEVAX/VMS Exchange Utility reference ManualSep
19844B4.0AA-Z415A-TEVAX/VMS
File Definition Language Facility Reference ManualSep
19844B4.0AA-Z417A-TEVAX/VMS
Install Utility Reference ManualSep 19844B4.0AA-Z436A-TEVAX/VMS LAT Control
Program reference ManualSep 19844B4.0AA-Z419A-TEVAX/VMS Librarian Reference
ManualSep 19844B4.0AA-Z420A-TEVAX/VMS Linker Reference ManualSep 19844B4.0
AA-Z421A-TEVAX/VMS Mail Utility Reference ManualSep 19844B4.0AA-Z422A-TEVAX/VMS
Message Utility Reference ManualApr 19864B4.4AA-Z423B-TEVAX/VMS Monitor
Utility Reference ManualSep 19844B4.0AA-Z424A-TEVAX/VMS Mount Utility
Reference ManualJul 19854C4.2AA-Z425A-TEVAX/VMS Network Control Program
Reference ManualSep 19844C4.0AA-Z426A-TEVAX/VMS Patch Utility Reference
ManualSep 19844C4.0AA-Z427A-TEVAX/VMS Phone Utility Reference ManualSep 1984
4C4.0AA-Z430A-TEVAX/VMS Show Cluster Utility Reference ManualSep 19844C4.0
AA-Z431A-TEVAX/VMS Sort/Merge Utility Reference ManualSep 19844C4.0
AA-Z432A-TEVAX/VMS SUMSLP Utility Reference ManualApr
19864D4.4AA-Z411C-TEVAX/VMS
Debugger Reference ManualJul 19854D4.2AA-Z429B-TEVAX/VMS System dump
Analyzer Reference ManualSep 19844D4.0AA-Z433A-TEVAX/VMS System Generation
Utility Reference ManualSep 19844D4.0AA-Z434A-TEVAX/VMS Verify Utility
Reference ManualApr 19865A4.4AA-Z500B-TEIntroduction to VAX/VMS System
RoutinesApr 19865A4.4AA-Z501B-TEVAX/VMS System Services ManualSep 19845B4.0
AA-Z503A-TEVAX Record Management Services Reference ManualSep 19845B4.0
AA-Z503A-TEVAX/VMS Utility Reference ManualJul 19855C4.2AA-Z502B-TEVAX/VMS
Run-Time Library Routines Reference ManualJul 19855D4.2AA-Z505B-TEVAX/VMS
Run-Time Library Routines Reference ManualApr 198664.4AA-Z600C-TEVAX/VMS
I/O User's Reference Manual: Part ISep 198464.0AA-Z600C-TEVAX/VMS I/O
User's Reference Manual: Part IISep 198474.0AA-Z700A-TEVAX MACRO and
Instruction Set Reference ManualSep 198484.0AA-Z800A-TEVAX/VMS System
Messages and recovery Procedurs reference ManualSep 1984-4.0AA-Y515A-TEGuide
to VAX/VMS Performance ManagementJul 1985-4.2AA-Y512B-TEGuide to Netorking
on VAX/VMSSep 1984-4.0AA-Y508A-TEGuide to VAX/VMS File ApplicationsJul 1985-
4.2AA-FB84A-TEGuide to Creating Modular Procedures on VAX/VMSSep 1984-4.0
AA-Y501A-TEGuide to Using DCL and Command Procedures on VAX/VMSSep 1984-4.0
AA-Y513A-TEGuide to VAXclustersJun 1987-MicroVMS 4.6AA-KM46A-TNMicroVMS
Installation and Operations Guide: VaxStation I,II and MicroVAX I,IIJun 1987
-MicroVMS 4.6AA-KN07A-TNMicroVMS Release Notes, Version 4.6Mar 1988---DEC
Module List1982---VAX Technical SummaryMay 1982--EK-00R80-PS-001R80 Disk
Drive Pocket Service GuideOct 1982--EK-UDA50-UG-002UDA50 User GuideJun 1984-
-EK-DHU11-UG-001DHU11 Interface User Guide1982--EK-ORA81-UG-001RA81 Disk
Drive User Guide1983--EK-DEUNA-UG-001DEUNA User GuideMay 1982--
EK-VAXAR-RM-001VAX-11 Architecture Reference ManualFeb
1977--EK-FS002-OP-001Unibus
Troubleshooting User ManualMar 1981--EK-KA750-TD-002VAX-11/750 Central
Processor Unit Technical DescriptionOct 1985--900-00030UHA-11 Product
Specification and User Manual (Computer Upgrade Corporation)----System
Performance Tuning on DEC VAX/VMS (EMC Corporation)
*
GREY WALL*
Apr 1988-5.0AA-LA01A-TEVMS Master IndexApr 1988-5.0AA-LA02A-TEVMS General
User Master IndexApr 1988-5.0AA-LA12A-TEVMS DCL DictionaryApr 1988-5.0
AA-LA13A-TEGuide to VMS Text ProcessingJun 1989-5.2AA-LA14B-TEVAX Text
Processing Utility ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA17A-TEVMS System Messages and
Recovery Procedures Reference Manual: Part IApr 1988-5.0AA-LA18A-TEVMS
System Messages and Recovery Procedures Reference Manual: Part IIApr 1988-
5.0AA-LA23A-TEVMS System Management Master IndexApr 1988-5.0AA-LA26A-TEVMS
SYSMAN Utility ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA27A-TEVMS VAXcluster ManualApr 1988-
5.0AA-LA56A-TEVMS Programming Master IndexJun 1989-5.2AA-LA59B-TEVMS
Debugger ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA66A-TEIntroduction to VMS System RoutinesApr
1988-5.0AA-LA67A-TEVMS Utility Routines ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA72A-TEVMS
RTL Mathematics (MTH$) ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA74A-TEVMS RTL Parallel
Processing (PPL$) ManualApr 1988-5.0AA-LA84A-TEVMS I/O User's Reference
Manual: Part IApr 1988-5.0AA-LA88A-TEVMS Device SupportApr 1988-5.0
AA-LA89A-TEVAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference ManualJun 1989-5.2
AA-NG62A-TEEVE Reference Manual
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <505CDBC3.5050803 at update.uu.se>,
Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> writes:
I suppose that Manx is a list like that, but I
don't know how that list
was made or if it is complete.
It almost certainly is not complete, even for DEC material which has
always been manx's strength.
Currently I have been running a beta to allow other editors to make
contributions and that basic UI stuff has been vetted. I need to add
some audit trail type mechanisms so that the changes can be tracked
instead of just overwriting existing data.
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <
http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline>
The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org>
The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org>
Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>
8:59 a.m.
On 21/09/12 23:37, Richard wrote:
In article <505CDBC3.5050803 at update.uu.se>,
Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> writes:
The manuals supplied in the
documentation set complementing the
quarterly Sofware Product Library (sometimes referred to as the ConDist
- Consolidated Distribution) relate to the products within that
particular distribution. Version numbers change, but more importantly so
do the products - some are retired whilst others are introduced. For
example the December 1995 SPL is the last distribution I have that
bundled DEC rdb - the manuals for this are contained on the
documentation set (which traditionally is in bookreader format, except
for the SPD - Software Product Description and installation notes which
are provided with the products themselves in PS/TXT format). The May
1996 distribution contains neither software or documentation.
I think as a general rule of thumb the documentation supplied on the HP
website relates to the latest supported products on VAX, Alpha and IA64
platforms.
I may/may not complete a database of packages contained in the
distributions I have - I'm currently working towards that goal but
whether it becomes a usable application available over the internet is
yet to be seen...
Regards, Mark.
I suppose that Manx is a list like that, but I
don't know how that list
was made or if it is complete.
It almost certainly is not complete, even for DEC
material which has
always been manx's strength.
Currently I have been running a beta to allow other editors to make
contributions and that basic UI stuff has been vetted. I need to add
some audit trail type mechanisms so that the changes can be tracked
instead of just overwriting existing data. 
21 Sep
21 Sep
4:10 p.m.
On 22/09/2012, at 1:47 AM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Speaking of VMS manual walls, how much of this stuff is online?
A fair amount is on-line at HP (http://www.hp.com/go/OpenVMS). I've not encountered a
manual that I needed for work not being there (I do OpenVMS sysadmin for about half my
working day). Obviously I only need the more current documentation so older VAX related
stuff may not be accessible.
Disclaimer: I used to work for HP and was an OpenVMS ambassador.
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