Quite pleased with these two new (so-called) FAQs for https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

https://www.aclu.org/
https://www.dec.org.uk/

#WeDontNeedYourMoney #WeDontAcceptDponsorship
#ACLU #DEC

Fun fact: the "mx" MIPS Ultrix to Alpha OSF/1 binary executable translator has a MIPS and an Alpha binary.

The Alpha binary was binary translated from the MIPS version (the "mxr" executable implies it is run from the mx runtime)!

$ file usr/bin/ultrix/mx
usr/bin/ultrix/mx: MIPSEL ECOFF executable (paged) stripped - version 2.10
$ file usr/bin/aosf/mx
usr/bin/aosf/mx: a /usr/bin/mxr script executable (binary data)

https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs343/resources/binary-translation.pdf

Decided to display the VAX-11/750 at the @revspace open day yesterday. All the hard work repairing it seems to have paid off, managed to get 14 hours of uptime out of it before shutting it down at the end of the day! #unix #retrocomputing #dec #vax11 #minicomputer #unixhistory #bsd

Booting a Desktop PDP-11 - Ever heard of VENIX? There were lots of variants of Unix back in the day, and VENI... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/booting-a-desktop-pdp-11/ #retrocomputing #pdp-11 #unix #dec

Hi all, we did our annual PDP-12 demo in Dr. Ted Pedersen's architecture class on Tuesday, and it went really well.

In cleaning up / reorganizing after showing off our artifacts, I realized that we have something that I haven't seen on @bitsavers, but I maybe just didn't know where to look. It's a big poster of PDP-12 instructions -- it's kind of like the pocket reference in poster format. It is about 9.5x30 inches (24x76 cm). I scanned it in two pieces on the office machine and stitched it together with GIMP. I'll try to make a PDF version with OCR text. @bitsavers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #pdp12 #pdp #dec #umdpdp12

Reading Museum is hosting an exhibition marking more than 60 years since Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) opened its first UK office

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/22/dec_reading_museum/

You may use this #DEC #VT100 #terminal #beep as you wish.
#Retrocomputing #feep #pcspeaker

Did I just do a #Markdown conversion of Mark Russinovich’s seminal 1998 article on #WindowsNT (and by extension, all modern versions of #MicrosoftWindows)’ debt to #DEC’s #VMS #OperatingSystem? Just so I could have a decent copy apart from the dusty carried-over archived version at https://www.ITProToday.com/server-virtualization/windows-nt-and-vms-the-rest-of-the-story ?

Why yes, yes I did. Why not?

The #DEC #Rainbow never officially supported #Windows, since it came too late to the market to be the bridge between CP/M and #DOS that it wanted to be, with PCs already dominating the market. But some dedicated DEC engineers wanted to see Windows run on the Rainbow. And they did. And you can, too.

#cpm #digital #microsoft #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #z80 #8088

https://renaissancedork.com/rainbow-through-windows/

Damn I'm jealous! #DavePlummer #DEC #PDP-11 #RetroComputing

https://youtu.be/FxmBLRtVQq8

Some artifacts from an active network closet down the hall, at the office in DC: a USRobotics 33.6 modem and a DEC VT520

#VT520 #DEC vitangecomputing #retrocomputing #artifacts #foundatwork #network #closet #modem #USRobotics #CRT #terminal #photo

Original, from my student placement year in 1993. A DEC sales rep handed them out but everyone was made to give them back as there were rules (ha!) against gifts from vendors. As I wasn’t really an employee I kept quiet, and kept the ruler.

Dave Minter shared his experience in the 1990s with the precursors of modern email, discussion boards, instant messaging, and social systems. He told his story as a student in a DEC-centric world at a UK university linked to JANET and later to the Internet.

https://paperstack.com/an_early_social_unnetwork/

I'd been a member of #SDF for about a year or so when I posted to #BBoard to get rid of a load of 10-12 year old #DEC workstations and a server that my wife's ex left in his house. Someone responded, and we met down in Lewisville or somewhere. I don't know if that person was able to get them going. I have this hope/wish that they're still running somewhere and now 30ish-year-old computers living their lives.

In other news, we made #Digital #DEC #Alpha #AXP #Linux also great again: twitch.tv/t2sde/v/238707… ;-)