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How to compile & run programs written in T (a dialect of Lisp)

I wanna compile and run a program written in the T programming language (a dialect of Lisp) during the years of 1980s. I checked the T Project but it seems only applicable to VAX machines (and accompanied compilers)? Are there any modern cmpilers…
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Open a 'VAX' file in python

I'm trying to open a 'VAX' file without success in python. In old Matlab versions (before 2008) it was possible to do it using the commands: fid = fopen(filename, 'r', 'vaxd'); data = fread(fid, inf, 'float32'); But I'm…
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Is there a libc implementation contained in a single C file?

I'm looking for a libc implementation in a single C source file. Previously, I tried decompiling musl's libc.so with Ghidra but the result contained too many errors. Even after manually fixing these errors the result is too far removed from the…
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Unreadable instruction at address

I get segmentation fault on a certain scenario(it is C code with DEC VAX FMS(Forms Management System) calls to get a certain field on a CRT screen - pretty old legacy code). I am on an AIX machine, and have only dbx installed on it. GDB, valgrind…
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homework questions from stallings book

a.why is there so many wait states in the in the vms/vax process states ?
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Acessing remote SQL server in VAX VMS

I have a SQL server on a remote machine and a VAX VMS based system is connected to the server machine. Can someone please tell me how to access the SQL database on remote server from the VAX-VMS system? Thank You
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How to read un-formatted data file saved via a VAX FORTRAN code with "map" and "union"

guys. I am trying to read a scientific datum file stored by a VAX FORTRAN code. The data were stored in structure, of which the file and code descriptions are as follows. I googled that FORTRAN 77 might read the file, but my frequently used language…
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trapping SIGABRT from perl on VMS

Given kill.pl: $SIG{INT} = sub { print "int\n" }; $SIG{TERM} = sub { print "term\n" }; $SIG{ABRT} = sub { print "abort\n" }; print "sleeping...\n"; sleep 60; And kill.com: $ perl kill.pl And launching+aborting like so: submit /log_file=kill.log…
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Cleaning up after a failed BSD Ports Make Install Attempt?

I am trying to clean up after failed installs from ports of Emacs 21 and Emacs 23 as well as Git. I was trying to install Emacs and Git on an OpenBSD v5.2 install on a DEC VaxStation 4000 model 90. It has a staggering 32 megs of RAM and a 2.1 gig…
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Git for OpenBSD on a DEC VAX?

I am trying to find a binary install of Git for OpenBSD v5.2 running on a DEC VaxStation 4000 Model 90? My particular machine has a staggering 32 megs of RAM but does run GCC version 2.9.5 and Perl 5 version 12 so I suspect I probably can run…
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How can I migrate an application written in DEC Ada to Windows?

I have a batch application written in Ada in the OpenVMS DEC ADA ENVIRONMENT which I need to port to Windows. How should I approach this?
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