[HECnet] Oldest VAX/VMS for VAX-11/730 on HECNET

[Mark J. Blair]

> On Dec 8, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> 
> While I'm sure there were various Y2K bugs around, the basic design in VMS was intended from day 0 to handle dates beyond Y2K.
> So I would just try to set the correct date to start with, and if something seriously breaks, then I would consider shifting it back to an earlier year.

Oh... I set the time and date when prompted during the installations, and then when the system time displayed as 1982, I assumed it was not Y2K capable. So I tried setting the time after booting:

> $ show time
>    8-DEC-1982 17:39:46
> $ set time=08-DEC-2021:17:40
> $ show time
>    8-DEC-2021 17:40:02

And then after rebooting:

>   VAX/VMS Version V3.0 26-APR-1982 16:21
> 
> 
> %OPCOM,  8-DEC-2021 17:42:34.01, logfile initialized by operator OPA0
>         logfile is SYS$MANAGER:OPERATOR.LOG
>   Login quotas - Interactive limit=64, Current interactive value=0
>   SYSTEM       job terminated at  8-DEC-2021 17:42:35.06
> 
> Username: SYSTEM
> Password: 
>         Welcome to VAX/VMS version V3.0
> $ show time
>    8-DEC-2021 17:42:53


How about that!

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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
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