INTRO1. What is the scope of comp.os.vms?
INTRO2. What other newsgroups carry VMS-related information?
INTRO3. What is INFO-VAX?
INTRO4. How do I subscribe to or unsubscribe from INFO-VAX?
INTRO5. How do I submit a question or a response? What is etiquette?
INTRO6. What is DECUS?
INTRO7. What archives of comp.os.vms/INFO-VAX are available?
INTRO8. Who are the corporate contacts for OpenVMS business issues?
VMS1. What is OpenVMS? What is its history?
VMS2. What is the difference between VMS and OpenVMS?
VMS3. How do I port from VMS to OpenVMS?
VMS4. Which is better - OpenVMS or UNIX?
VMS5. Is Compaq continuing funding and support for OpenVMS?
VMS7. What OpenVMS CD-ROM products are available?
VMS8. In what language is OpenVMS written?
VMS9. How do I obtain or transfer a VMS license?
VMS10. What is OpenVMS doing about the Euro currency symbol?
VMS11. Why hasn't OpenVMS been ported to Intel (IA32) systems?
VMS12. Are there any general-access OpenVMS systems available?
VMS13. What version of OpenVMS do I need?
VMS14. How can I submit OpenVMS Freeware?
VMS15. Porting applications to OpenVMS?
VMS16. How do I join Compaq Solutions Alliance?
ALPHA1. What do the letters AXP stand for?
ALPHA2. What are the OpenVMS differences between VAX and Alpha?
ALPHA5. Seeking performance information for Alpha (and VAX) systems?
ALPHA6. Where can I get updated console firmware for AlphaServer systems?
ALPHA7. How do I boot an AlphaStation without monitor or keyboard?
ALPHA8. Will OpenVMS run on a Multia? AlphaPC 164LX? 164SX?
ALPHA9. What is the least expensive system that will run OpenVMS?
ALPHA10. Where can I get more information on Alpha systems?
ALPHA11. What are the APB boot flag values?
ALPHA12. What are Alpha console environment variables?
ALPHA13. Will OpenVMS run on a NoName AXPpci33?
ALPHA14. How do I reload SRM firmware on a half-flash Alpha system?
ALPHA15. Will OpenVMS run on the Alpha XL series?
ALPHA16. Describe Alpha instruction emulation and instruction subsets?
ALPHA17. What is the Accuracy of the Alpha Time of Year (BB_WATCH) Clock?
ALPHA18. So how do I open up the DEC 3000 chassis?
ALPHA19. What is byte swizzling?
ALPHA20. What commands are available in the Alpha SRM console?
ALPHA21. How do I switch between AlphaBIOS/ARC and SRM consoles?
ALPHA22. OpenVMS on the Personal Workstation -a and -au series
ALPHA23. OpenVMS and Personal Workstation IDE bootstrap
ALPHA24. Which terminal device name is assigned to the COM ports?
VAX1. Please explain the back panel of the MicroVAX II
VAX2. What is the layout of the VAX floating point format?
VAX3. Where can I find more info on VAX systems?
VAX4. Where can I find information on NetBSD for VAX systems?
VAX5. What is the system disk size limit on the MicroVAX and VAXstation 3100?
VAX7. What are the VMB boot flag values?
VAX8. What is the Accuracy of VAX the Time of Year (TOY) Clock?
VAX9 Which serial port is the console on the MicroVAX 3100?
VAX10 How can I set up an alternate console on a VAXstation?
TIME1. A brief history of OpenVMS Timekeeping, please?
TIME2. How does OpenVMS VAX maintain system time?
TIME3. Why does my system time drift?
TIME4. Managing Timezones, Timekeeping, UTC, and Daylight Savings?
TIME5. How to troubleshoot TDF problems on OpenVMS?
TIME6. How can I keep the OpenVMS system time synchronized?
TIME7. How can I configure TCP/IP Services NTP as a time provider?
TIME8. How can I drift the OpenVMS system time?
TIME9. Why does VAX need a SET TIME at least once a year?
TIME10. Why can't I do a SET TIME command? Help managing DTSS.
TIME11. Details of the VAX and Alpha system time-keeping.
DOC1. Where can I find online copies of OpenVMS manuals?
DOC2. What online information is available?
DOC3. What books and publications are available?
DOC4. How do I extract a HELP topic to a text file?
DOC5. Does OpenVMS Marketing have an e-mail address?
DOC6. What OpenVMS-related WWW sites are available?
DOC8. Where can I find info about undocumented OpenVMS features?
DOC9. Where is documentation on the DECnet Phase IV protocols?
DOC10. Where can I learn about how the VMS executive works internally?
DOC11. Where can new users find tutorial information about OpenVMS?
DOC12. How to access the OpenVMS Netscape Navigator documentation2
SUPP1. Where can I get software and hardware support information?
SUPP2. Where can I get hardware self-maintenance support assistance?
SUPP3. Why does my system halt when I power-cycle the console terminal?
SUPP4. Can I reuse old keyboards, mice and monitors with a PC?
SUPP5. Which video monitor works with which graphics controller?
SUPP6. Where can I get information on storage hardware?
SUPP7. Problem - My LK401 keyboard unexpectedly autorepeats
SUPP8. Problem - My LK411 sends the wrong keycodes or some keys are dead
MGMT1. What is an installed image?
MGMT2. Are there any known viruses for OpenVMS?
MGMT3. How do I mount an ISO-9660 CD on OpenVMS?
MGMT4. How do I extract the contents of a PCSI kit?
MGMT5. I've forgotten the SYSTEM password - what can I do?
MGMT6. How do I connect a PostScript printer via TCP/IP?
MGMT7. Why can't I do a SET TIME command? Help Managing DTSS.
MGMT9. How do I change the node name of an OpenVMS System?
MGMT10. What is the correct value for EXPECTED_VOTES in a VMScluster?
MGMT11. Why doesn't OpenVMS see the new memory I just added?
MGMT12. How do I write a BACKUP saveset to a remote tape?
MGMT13. Tell me about SET HOST/DUP and SET HOST/HSC
MGMT14. How do I install DECnet Phase IV on VMS 7.1?
MGMT15. How do I change the text in a user's UIC identifier?
MGMT16. What are the OpenVMS version upgrade paths?
MGMT17. Why do I have negative number in the pagefile reservable pages?
MGMT18. Do I have to update layered products when updating OpenVMS?
MGMT19. How do I change the volume label of a disk?
MGMT20. How do I fix a corrupt BACKUP saveset?
MGMT21. How can I set up a shared directory?
MGMT23. dealing with extra blank pages on HP printers
MGMT24. ELSA Gloria Synergy and PoerStorm 300/350 information
MGMT25. Acquiring patch kits
MGMT26. Renaming a DSSI disk or tape
MGMT27. relocating the queue manager database
MGMT28. How do I set a default IP route or gateway on OpenVMS?
MGMT30. How do I delete an undeletable/unstoppable (RWAST) process?
MGMT31 How do I reset the error count(s)?
MGMT32 How do I find out if the tape drive supports compression?
MGMT33 Can I copy SYSUAF to another version? To VAX? To Alpha?
MGMT34 How do I delete (timeout) idle processes?
MGMT35 Why isn't BACKUP/SINCE=BACKUP working?
MGMT36 How can I set up reverse telnet (like reverse LAT)?
MGMT37 Do I need a PAK for the DECevent (Compaq Analyze) tool?
MGMT38 INITIALIZE ACCVIO and ANSI tape label support?
MGMT39 How do I recover from INSVIRMEM errors?
MGMT40 How can I prevent a serial terminal line from initiating a login?
MGMT41 How does PCSI use the image BUILD_IDENT field?
MGMT42 How to configure allocation classes and Multi-Path SCSI?
MGMT43 How can I tell what software (and version) is installed?
MGMT44 Where can I get Fibre Channel Storage (SAN) information?
MGMT45 How can I split up an OpenVMS Cluster?
MGMT46 What file checksum tools are available for OpenVMS?
MGMT47 Configuring Cluster SCS for path load balancing?
MGMT48 What (and where) is the OpenVMS Management Station?
MGMT49 How to determine current disk fragmentation level?
MGMT50 SYSBOOT-I-FILENOTLOC, Unable to locate SYS$CPU_ROUTINES?
MGMT51 How can I customize the DCPS device control for a new printer?
MGMT52 Why do $GETDEV MOUNTCNT and SHOW DEVICE mount counts differ?
MGMT53 What software is needed for Postscript printers?
MGMT54 Does volume shadowing require a non-zero allocation classes?
MGMT55 How can I reset the TCP/IP Services default IP gateway?
MGMT56 How do I remove a PCSI-installed patch (ECO) kit?
MGMT57 SYSINIT-E, error mounting system device, status=0072832C
MAIL1. How do I send Internet mail?
MAIL2. How do I get IN% or MX% added automatically to Internet addresses?
MAIL3. How do I automatically append a signature file to my mail messages?
MAIL4. Do I have to use VMS MAIL? I like my Unix mailer better.
MAIL5. How can I forward my mail? Can I forward it to an Internet address?
MAIL6. How can I forward my mail to a list of addresses?
MAIL7. MAIL keeps saying I have new messages, but I don't. What do I do?
MAIL8. How do I extract all of my mail messages to a file?
MAIL9. How do I send or read attachments in VMS MAIL?
UTIL1. How do I play an audio CD on my workstation?
UTIL2. How do I access a MS-DOS floppy disk from OpenVMS?
UTIL3. How do I play sound files on an AlphaStation? DECsound doesn't work
UTIL4. Why is DECmigrate not working with Fortran?
UTIL5. How do I read IBM EBCDIC tapes on OpenVMS?
UTIL6. How can I patch an OpenVMS Alpha image?
DCL1. How do I run a program with arguments?
DCL2. How can I redefine control keys in DCL?
DCL3. How can I clear the screen in DCL?
DCL4. Using REPLY/LOG from DCL? Disabling Console OPCOMs?
DCL5. How do I generate a random number in DCL?
DCL6. What does the MCR command do?
DCL7. How do I change the OpenVMS system prompt?
DCL8. Can I do DECnet task-to-task communication with DCL?
DCL9. How can I get the width setting of a terminal?
DCL10. How can I substitute symbols in a PIPE?
DCL11. Use of RUN/DETACH and logical names?
DCL12. How to use escape and control characters in DCL?
FILE1. How can I undelete a file?
FILE2. Why does SHOW QUOTA give a different answer than DIR/SIZE?
FILE3. How do I make sure that my data is safely written to disk?
FILE4. What are the limits on file specifications and directories?
FILE5. What is the largest disk volume size OpenVMS can access?
FILE6. What is the maximum file size, and the RMS record size
FILE7. How do I write recordable CDs on OpenVMS?
FILE8. What I/O transfer size limits exist in OpenVMS?
FILE9. Can I use ODBC to connect to OpenVMS database files?
PROG1. How do I call [routine_name] from [language_name]?
PROG2. How do I get the arguments from the command line?
PROG3. How do I get a formatted error message in a variable?
PROG4. How do I link against SYS$SYSTEM:SYS.STB on an Alpha system?
PROG5. How do I do a SET DEFAULT from inside a program?
PROG6. How do I create a shareable image transfer vector on an Alpha system?
PROG7. How do I turn my Fortran COMMON into a shareable image on Alpha?
PROG8. How do I convert between IEEE and VAX floating data?
PROG9. How do I get the argument count in a Fortran routine?
PROG10. How do I get a unique system ID for licensing purposes?
PROG11. What is an executable, shareable, system or UWSS image?
PROG12. How do I do a file copy from a program?
PROG13. What is a descriptor?
PROG14. How many bytes are in a disk block?
PROG15. How many bytes are in a memory page?
PROG16. How do I create a process under another username?
PROG17. Why do lib$spawn, lib$set_symbol fail in detached processes?
PROG18. Where can I obtain Bliss, and the libraries and supporting files?
PROG19. How can I open a file for shared access?
PROG20. How can I have common sources for messages, constants?
DECW1. How do I let someone else display something on my workstation?
DECW2. How do I create a display on another workstation?
DECW3. How can I get the information from SHOW DISPLAY into a symbol?
DECW4. How do I get a log of a DECterm session?
DECW5. Problem - the DELETE key deletes forward instead of backward!
DECW6. Why is DECwindows Motif not starting?
DECW9. How do I set the title on a DECterm window?
DECW10. How do I customize DECwindows, including the login screen?
DECW11. Why doesn't XtAppAddInput() work on OpenVMS?
DECW12 Why do the keyboard arrow keys move the DECwindows cursor?
DECW13 Why does half my DECwindows display blank?
DECW14. %DECW-W-NODEVICE, No graphics device found on this system?
DECW15. How can I reset the warning bell volume?
DECW16. How can alter the DECwindows CDE backdrop?
DECW17. How can I enable the DECwindows TCP/IP Transport
MISC2. Where can I find information on escape and control sequences?
MISC6. What does "failure on back translate address request" mean?
MISC7. How to determine the network hardware address?
MISC8. Why does my system halt when I powercycle the console terminal?
MISC9. Why can't I use PPP and RAS to connect to OpenVMS Alpha?
MISC12. Does DECprint (DCPS) work with the LRA0 parallel port?
MISC13. How do I check for free space on a BACKUP tape?
MISC14 So what happened to SYS$CMSUPER?
MISC15 How can I send radio pages from my OpenVMS system?
MISC17 How do I reset the LAN (DECnet-Plus NCL) counters?
MISC18 What are the prefixes for the powers of ten?
MISC19 OpenVMS Cluster (SCS) over DECnet? Over IP?
MISC20 Correctly using license PAKs and LMF
MISC21 Third-party disk/tape/controllers/SCSI/widgets on OpenVMS
SOFT1. Where can I find freeware/shareware software for OpenVMS?
SOFT2. Where can I find the UNIX [whatever] tool for OpenVMS?
SOFT3. Where can I get the Netscape Navigator Mozilla.org Web Browser?
SOFT4. Where can I get Java for OpenVMS?
SOFT5. VAX C and DEC C, and other OpenVMS C Programming Considerations?
SOFT6 Obtaining user input in DCL CGI script?
SOFT7 How do I get my own batch entry number?
SOFT8 How do I convert to new CMS libraries?
SOFT9 Where can I get new certificates for Netscape Navigator?
SOFT10 Why doesn't DCL symbol substitution work?
SOFT12. Where can I get Perl for OpenVMS?
SOFT13. Where can I get DECmigrate (VEST and TIE)?
SCSI1. Are the 2X-KZPCA-AA and SN-KZPCA-AA LVD Ultra2 SCSI?
SCSI2. Resolving DRVERR fatal device error
WIRES1. Looking for connector wiring pinouts?
WIRES2. What connectors and wiring adapters are available?
WIRES3. What is flow control and how does it work?