VAX in action

[Sean Caron]

Cool! I know of at least one "large state university" here in Michigan (not
U-M, unfortunately) that still uses OpenVMS (on Itanium) extensively on
their core enterprise systems.

Best,

Sean


On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jason Howe <jason at smbfc.net> wrote:

> I was just speaking with a guy who works in the physics department at work
> (A large State University) .  He was looking for a 68pin SCSI card for some
> purpose, which I was able to find for him in my pile-o-stuff.
>
> It turns out he's trying to revive one of their VMS machines which didn't
> come back after a power outage a couple weeks ago.   Then I learn that
> they're still using a VAX to run their freakin' particle accelerator, I
> asked if I could see that stuff in action.  So, I'm going to go over for a
> tour sometime in the next couple weeks.  :)
>
> He also mentioned that they're starting to transition off the old DEC
> hardware -- this is also my chance to be sure it doesn't just end up in the
> bin.
>
> --Jason
>