Cool! I know of at least one "large state university" here in Michigan (not U-M, unfortunately) that still uses OpenVMS (on Itanium) extensively on their core enterprise systems.
Best, Sean On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jason Howe <ja...@smbfc.net> wrote: > I was just speaking with a guy who works in the physics department at work > (A large State University) . He was looking for a 68pin SCSI card for some > purpose, which I was able to find for him in my pile-o-stuff. > > It turns out he's trying to revive one of their VMS machines which didn't > come back after a power outage a couple weeks ago. Then I learn that > they're still using a VAX to run their freakin' particle accelerator, I > asked if I could see that stuff in action. So, I'm going to go over for a > tour sometime in the next couple weeks. :) > > He also mentioned that they're starting to transition off the old DEC > hardware -- this is also my chance to be sure it doesn't just end up in the > bin. > > --Jason >
