0 INFO-VAX	Sun, 15 Jan 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 30      Contents:& Re: Farewell to a good reliable friend& Re: Farewell to a good reliable friend2 Re: how to permanently reject this kind of address  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:03:39 -0600 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>/ Subject: Re: Farewell to a good reliable friend * Message-ID: <43CA806B.3257E5E@comcast.net>   JF Mezei wrote:  > [snip]F > The problem is that of transport. Such bulky and heavy things really > cost a lot to get moved.   The buyer pays the shipping.   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:07:59 -0600 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>/ Subject: Re: Farewell to a good reliable friend + Message-ID: <43CA816E.1B6493CF@comcast.net>    JF Mezei wrote:  >  > Chris wrote:M > > I guess the reliability of the hardware and software were DEC's source of + > > success, but ultimately their downfall.  > E > DEC gear was like pieces of art. It isn't until much later that you E > realise how valuable they are. So at the time you buy it, you don't K > realise that it will remain usefull for much longer than you had thought.  > J > Had I been told that my all-mighty MVII was one of the oldest ones stillG > running, it may have decided to keep it running. But i was told there A > were still plenty of them running and mine was nothing special. & > (although it was special *to me* :-)  @ Well, what you're describing sounds like the "Q5" variant in theC H9642(?) "half-height" rack cabinet (step up from the "world box"). < Those are even more rare, rarer still if upgraded to uV-III.  D I had one at a former site with a single RA81. Made a dynamite space* heater. Even had an assist from it's LN03.   --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:24:24 -0600 2 From: David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net>; Subject: Re: how to permanently reject this kind of address + Message-ID: <43CA7738.D56C298D@comcast.net>    JF Mezei wrote:  >  > David J Dachtera wrote: K > > Does anyone know of a way of getting this level of detail from WHOIS or 4 > > some other facility on UCX, Multinet or TCPware? > I > On a proper whois client, when you inquire about an IP address, it gets J > you to a different WHOIS server than if you inquire about a domain name. > G > http://www.vaxination.ca/vms  and you can download a fully functional B > WHOIS client with a built-in database of many countries.  And itI > automatically goes to the right server if you enter a dotted decimal IP J > address. (and will also go to the right server if you enter an AS number8 > such as AS7459 which is the network number for Grande. > F > If you want to use the limited whois server that comes with VMS, you% > need to force the server name on it  > % > whois -h whois.arin.net ip.ad.re.ss   G Using the /HOST qualifier for Multinet's WHOIS, or "-h" for TCPIP$WHOIS F doesn't change the format of the output. In both cases, specifying theA IP address 24.155.40.202 results in a "No match for" message when ? specifying the server to query as "whois.networksolutions.com".   F > When the IP was reassigned to a 3rd party, you get far less details.  ; I don't have access to a TCPware system to test it further.    --   David J Dachtera dba DJE Systems  http://www.djesys.com/  ) Unofficial OpenVMS Hobbyist Support Page: " http://www.djesys.com/vms/support/  ( Unofficial Affordable OpenVMS Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/soho/   " Unofficial OpenVMS-IA32 Home Page: http://www.djesys.com/vms/ia32/    Coming soon:& Unofficial OpenVMS Marketing Home Page   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2006.030 ************************