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what interesting software is there to run on a VMS machine?

• linksnapzz 2y ago
  I believe the point of VMS is to run boring software as reliably as possible. Train-ticketing backends, air-traffic control, warehouse management etc. It's interesting to see how little effort it takes to keep stuff running.
  • tssva 2y ago
    I used to work for a health informatics company and our department level systems ran on OpenVMS. Radiology management, pharmacy management, etc.
• dizhn 2y ago
  talk? maybe ytalk?
  • drummojg 2y ago
    I still miss bitnet.
    • BSDobelix 2y ago
      It's still here (HNET) ;) https://moshix.dynu.net/ https://moshix.dynu.net/ https://github.com/moshix/BITNETServices https://github.com/moshix/BITNETServices
• whartung 2y ago
  Moria (now Angband) was originally on VMS, written in VAX Pascal. We remember it well because it was distributed as a single, large file, and our 11/730 just choked and died trying to compile it. The MicroVAX was much better at coping with it.
• loph 2y ago
  VAX Notes. Perhaps the original groupware. Not really useful without collaborators any more, since DEC is dead and took that cultural fork with it. See https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2012/12/14/vax-notes/ https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/2012/12/14/vax-notes/ and the referenced paper https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/vaxnotes.pdf https://thoughtsofanidlemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/...
• BSDobelix 2y ago
  VMS-empire ;) http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/
• _DeadFred_ 2y ago
  I always played Rogue and Trek on the VAX when I had to go in with my mom when she worked weekends.