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Don't forget nuclear plants running PDP-11/VMS until 2050. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_2050/ http://www.theregister.

by chx 10y ago

Don't forget nuclear plants running PDP-11/VMS until 2050. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_2050/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_...

_kst_ 10y ago
It's not entirely clear from the article, but I don't believe the PDP-11s are running VMS. As far as I know VMS has never been ported to the PDP-11.
- laurentdc 10y ago
  Yeah, they're likely running RT-11 or RSX-11. I wonder if the hardware is original and they simply have plenty of spares, or if boards are rebuilt with discrete logic or FPGAs/CPLDs as they break down.
dboreham 10y ago
The article is about PDP-11 computers (16-bit, 1M max memory, from the 1970s) which never ran VMS (runs on 32-bit VAXes with 4M+ memory from the 1980s). I don't know why the author mentions OpenVMS in the Updates section because it isn't mentioned anywhere in the article body.
kjs3 10y ago
VMS never ran on the PDP-11. That article is talking about 2 different things (running PDP-11s and HPs stance on VMS).
- SixSigma 10y ago
  Hard to find a comment by you not in oblivion but I'm trolling for nobody : Former NSA staffer and famous whistleblower, William Binney, says the DNC hack was not done by Russia but by US Intelligence. http://investmentwatchblog.com/nsa-whistleblower-says-dnc-hack-was-not-done-by-russia-but-by-u-s-intelligence/ http://investmentwatchblog.com/nsa-whistleblower-says-dnc-ha...
  - kjs3 10y ago
    A troll is a douche no matter if he's piggybacking on a banned user or has the stones to put his post above board. Which you don't.
- SixSigma 10y ago
  what ? make youself clear
djsumdog 10y ago
I remember learning about nuclear power plants and VMS back when I was in university. I was told they were used for the nuclear sensor networks though.
akg_67 10y ago
I personally worked with VMS/VAX/Alpha based systems for nuclear power plant simulators, process control for petrochemical, plastics, chemicals oil & gas, semiconductor facilities till 2002. Still get requests for consulting primarily on system/program conversion projects from VMS/Fortran variants to Windows/Unix/C variants.
tkinom 10y ago
No stuxnet, less worry about someone's USB key from home might infect the computer. :-)

by chx 10y ago

_kst_ 10y ago

It's not entirely clear from the article, but I don't believe the PDP-11s are running VMS. As far as I know VMS has never been ported to the PDP-11.

laurentdc 10y ago
Yeah, they're likely running RT-11 or RSX-11. I wonder if the hardware is original and they simply have plenty of spares, or if boards are rebuilt with discrete logic or FPGAs/CPLDs as they break down.

dboreham 10y ago

The article is about PDP-11 computers (16-bit, 1M max memory, from the 1970s) which never ran VMS (runs on 32-bit VAXes with 4M+ memory from the 1980s). I don't know why the author mentions OpenVMS in the Updates section because it isn't mentioned anywhere in the article body.

kjs3 10y ago

VMS never ran on the PDP-11. That article is talking about 2 different things (running PDP-11s and HPs stance on VMS).

SixSigma 10y ago
Hard to find a comment by you not in oblivion but I'm trolling for nobody : Former NSA staffer and famous whistleblower, William Binney, says the DNC hack was not done by Russia but by US Intelligence. http://investmentwatchblog.com/nsa-whistleblower-says-dnc-hack-was-not-done-by-russia-but-by-u-s-intelligence/ http://investmentwatchblog.com/nsa-whistleblower-says-dnc-ha...
- kjs3 10y ago
  A troll is a douche no matter if he's piggybacking on a banned user or has the stones to put his post above board. Which you don't.
SixSigma 10y ago
what ? make youself clear

djsumdog 10y ago

I remember learning about nuclear power plants and VMS back when I was in university. I was told they were used for the nuclear sensor networks though.

akg_67 10y ago

I personally worked with VMS/VAX/Alpha based systems for nuclear power plant simulators, process control for petrochemical, plastics, chemicals oil & gas, semiconductor facilities till 2002. Still get requests for consulting primarily on system/program conversion projects from VMS/Fortran variants to Windows/Unix/C variants.

tkinom 10y ago

No stuxnet, less worry about someone's USB key from home might infect the computer. :-)