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Jim asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I'm coding in OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Version V7.3-2. I use semaphore in AIX & Linux in order to solve concurrent read/write of share memory(IPC). There's no semaphore function in OpenVMS v7.3-2, Is there any system service can do it??? I also need trigger/block function that like semaphore. Thanks for your reply~

Intel have discussed the start of shipping for the Intel Itanium quad-core processor known as Tukwila.

To convert to or from text file (character) formats such as UTF-8, you can use the bash shell command iconv.

HP have announced cities and dates for 2010 OpenVMS Technical Update Days (TUDs) for the United States.

Fajar asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I was new to this mac os x server ... now I'm making a domain name WEBSITE (www.example.com), if you can explain to me how I setup my DNS server so that my website can be accessed people everywhere, now if I input my ip address can be accessed from anywhere, but for the DNS (domain name server) can not, please help me , thanks

deepak asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I am a complete newbie as far as OVMS is concerned.
I Have just installed OpenVMS v8.4 on my Alphaserver ES40.After completing the installation when I try to login , it gives me following errors.

No Active License
Console allowed on OPA0
%SET-W-NOTSET, error modifying OPA0:
SET-I-UNKTERM, unknown terminal type

Dan asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I read on your website that you had not heard of anyone getting Vms running on non-hp hardware. As I noticed that was a few years old, I was wondering if you had heard anything since.

Steve asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I was able to sucessfully change the password using the instructions at /node/204 but apparently the don't make the changes permanent flag didn't 'take' and now it boots back up to the $ prompt (OPA0:) and won't continue on and load Dec windows.

Dumb question: What should that SET command be to put it back to 'normal'?

Harmoney asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I need to know how to get the SUBMIT/AFTER command to submit a job every WEEKDAY 5 days at 6:00 am (excluded weekend).

Some Alpha SRM console trivia; creating and using site-local console environment variables.

marius asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) i wish to know when let`s say we have 3 nodes cluster and we power on all the 3 nodes at the same time who from the 3 nodes cluster will be the cluster coordinator.i mean who will first join the cluster and then act as a cluster cordinator for the rest of 2 nodes.

Chris asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) Was looking at the Hobbyist web site — notice that you are a moderator there.

I have inherited some Compaq Alpha Servers and am interested in openVMS

However I cannot locate any South African OpenVMS User Group DECUS-South Africa appears to be non-existant ?

Do you perhaps know anything from your side ?

Spooling a printer or another device? Spooling places a disk in front of an output device in the device I/O path; this to allow sharing a device from several processes, and also to provide asynchronicity in the I/O processing; to disconnect the device processing from the application processing and to speed up the applications. The application output is written first to the disk, the application disconnects, and the data is then released to the target device. Spooling is an old technique, and dates back to how RSX-11 applications accessed printers and similar devices.

dwz asks HoffmanLabs (AskHL) I'm trying to make a use of a "Compaq Memory Channel HUB 800/8 - CCMHB-AA" ... looking through various memory channel documentation. I'm not clear on what controllers and cables I need to purchase. I would like to ask you for clarification regarding controllers and cabling. The hub itself has got four line cards installed(it has been in use before), with wide SCSI-like connectors. Is it possible to take the two installed cards from the box and put them into an AlphaServer?! I have ES40 and DS20e machines ... providing that I buy the cabling ... or am I mistaken and I need to buy some other type of controller card to install into an AlphaServer?!

The following are some errata from various of the programming interfaces available within OpenVMS; within the system services and the various run-time libraries (LIB$, STR$, OTS$, CLI$, etc) that are present.