How to do shit on vms:
REGISTER your licenses AFTER you install the OS. (hell man,
it's like 105 DIFFERENT entries for the alpha pak's, sure you
could only enter what you think you need, but I entered them
all, except for the language based PAK's I knew there was no
way in hell I'd ever use Japanese PHIGS?? you get the
picture.) Of course pretty soon after the install get the license in there for
DW-MOTIF so you at least have a window manager, AND THE DV'S FOR THE NETWORK STUFF
of course you have to set up decnet and tcp/ip before ftp'ing anywhere...
which means you just need to follow the order of operations in chapter 7 of the post install
document here:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/ba322_90045/ch07.html
FTP'ing = ya dont forget to set it as 'binary' [ha ha on me] if you want to
download anything real. what a freaking hurdle that was.
how to unzip a file on openvms:
unzip :== $sys$sysroot:[SYSEXE]unzip.exe
unzip xyz-zip-file.zip
of course if that is where you saved the downloaded .exe file.
when downloading with FTP>
don't forget to set binary, otherwise you can't get shit
like this at the ftp prompt:
FTP> binary (then hit enter)
oh yeah btw all the commands for ftp are in lower case unix ,
haha (cd, ls, get, connect.. etc)
first thing you want to get is a web browser.
ftp into ftp.hp.com/pub/openvms and cd into a folder called
CSWB
its a mozilla based browser, (seamonkey)
ftp it onto yr favourite old school last computer
workstation made in america Digital DEC pws alpha
(don't forget the binary!)
btw if you didn't set up a user account completely and are
running on the system account, the ftp client downloads into
SYSMGR folder, not the login folder, ya I'm lazy sorry, just
did the minimal UAF so I could install tcp/ip and
decnet-plus
do this next
RUN CSWB-OPENVMS-ALPHA-V1112.SFX_
AXPEXE
that long string after RUN is the file you downlaoded from
the cswb folder at ftp.hp.com. follow the prompts it's
pretty straightforward. when you go to launch the program
@SYS$COMMON:[CSWB]MOZILLA
(hey, don't drive yourself crazy, let the software install
into the default places)
you might get it complaining about FILLM quota's. it might
say [NO]: I say YES and type it after the prompt. All
right a real browser serving up webpages on a really old
machine. God, I love this thing.
OKAY HERE IS THE REAL FIX
$ set default sys$system
$ run authorize
UAF> show
_username: system
Username: SYSTEM Owner: SYSTEM MANAGER
Account: SYSTEM UIC: [1,4] ([SYSTEM])
CLI: DCL Tables: DCLTABLES
Default: SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]
LGICMD:
Flags:
Primary days: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Secondary days: Sat Sun
No access restrictions
Expiration: (none) Pwdminimum: 8 Login Fails: 0
Pwdlifetime: 30 00:00 Pwdchange: 4-JUN-2010 23:32
Last Login: 9-JUN-2010 11:46 (interactive), 9-JUN-2010 11:52 (non-interactive)
Maxjobs: 0 Fillm: 128 Bytlm: 256000
Maxacctjobs: 0 Shrfillm: 0 Pbytlm: 0
all kinds of goodies here but notice fillm: 128 seamonkey is complaining it should be
150, so change it!
UAF> MODIFY SYSTEM /FILLM=175
%UAF-I-MDFYMSG, user record(s) updated
then exit out of uaf
[I RECENTLY CORRECTLY JUMPERED A SECOND LARGER SCSI HARD DRIVE
ON MY BEAST, AND INSTALLED THE MOZILLA 1.7 BROWSER, NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT FILLM, SO YOU DECIDE WHICH WORKS BEST FOR YOU]
once you have the web on yr machine, you can read all the
documentation you want until your blue in the face, until the
cows come home, you get it....
now I'm working on getting some sound on this beast , maybe a cd player and some of that fabulous
freeware I keep seeing....
WRITING FROM THE LAST PC MADE IN AMERICA
A DIGITAL 433AU PWS
MR FOWLER
IF YOU LIKE THIS LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DO ANOTHER INSTALLMENT
