New: The migration to the new HoffmanLabs web site has commenced. Over one hundred OpenVMS items, a new blog, and an RSS feed. Updates on disks and DTV and DVRs and other materials, too.
As the DNS is migrated over, this site will be retired. Though as part of launching the new site, everything here has already been reviewed, refreshed, updated and transfered over to the new site.
Yes, the HoffmanLabs web site here had quiet for a while, and now you know why.
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Hardware prices are such that acquiring and connecting random devices is not only interesting, but inexpensive. And enterprise-class software and even hardware can now be had (and yes, entirely legally) by hobbyists for little or no cost. And then there are the uses and the environments you that might never have considered.
In the Labs...
Conceived in 1975 and remaining under active engineering development today, HP OpenVMS is among the classic enterprise operating systems, with new releases available today. With prices on new Intel Itanium and used Alpha systems continuing to drop, many hobbyists can afford access to enterprise operating system platforms.
A field guide to Hobbyist OpenVMS...
When your old faithful friend and ancient analog TV finally passes into the great digital beyond, it is time to contend with somewhat less ancient television technology: Digital Television (DTV). What was once a simple process of buying a new television set has become a far more complex process, filled with strange terms and new acronyms.
Compact Disc (CD) and Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) have become the de facto software distribution and archival technologies available. Recorders are available for around US$99 (and substantially less), and can be configured on a wide range of platforms. Standards documentation is readily available, but information on the command sequences required for the recording processing are not.
NAS, SAS, SATA and a small forest of other disk storage acronyms got you confused? Where and how you connect your storage hasn't changed nearly as much as you might think, but the speeds and feeds are up, prices are down, and the wiring gets easier.