<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Booted test Alpha system running OpenVMS 8.4 and set the date to 27-DEC-2022. Started DECnet Phase IV. No errors.<br></div><div><br></div><div>From node APOLLO, no problem transferring files from the test system and displaying network info (TELL ... SHOW EXEC, etc.).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Snippet from test system NML$SERVER.LOG:<br></div><div><br></div><div> --------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div> Connect request received at 27-DEC-2022 16:29:25.54<br></div><div> from remote process APOLLO::"0=JASON"<br></div><div> for object "SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]NML.EXE"<br></div><div> --------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div>Snippet from test system FAL$SERVER.LOG:<br></div><div><br></div><div> --------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div> Connect request received at 27-DEC-2022 16:26:56.85<br></div><div> from remote process APOLLO::"0=JASON"<br></div><div> for object "SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]FAL.EXE"<br></div><div> --------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is the above satisfactory, at least for OpenVMS Alpha? <br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Jason<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sun, Dec 27, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Robert Armstrong wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>> John Forecast wrote:<br></div><div>>DECnet event logging for any system may fail after Nov 9th 2021. <br></div><div><br></div><div> Oh, that's a much bigger deal! Do you happen to know if VMS handles this field as unsigned?? A lot of people here are going to be bummed if VMS quits working next fall...<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>