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Offline TensionTopic starter

CBMvax
« on: July 12, 2008, 04:03:42 AM »
What was on the CBM vax machine? Theres traces of it all over the web. Did cbmvax.com ever exist? Whats with all the exclamation marks in addresses? Im intrigued.
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Offline Matt_H

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2008, 04:54:26 AM »
I don't know much, but maybe this can help. I think it was the system Commodore used for their internal network. It must have had some sort of early-Internet external communication capabilities as well, since I think they also used it to communicate with developers via email, although I might be getting it confused with BIX.
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2008, 09:30:45 AM »
The bangs in the address were essentially how the old email systems routed messages (UUCP, IIRC.)  There was no "cbmvax.com" it was just "cbmvax".

You'll find traces of the old routing scheme all over Usenet messages from the period.  I believe the system still runs today, though not within circles I travel.  This is relegated to the oldest of wizards and warlocks -- an age unknown which exists only in legend.
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2008, 09:39:53 AM »


Probably about as powerful as my old Mobile phone...
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Offline TensionTopic starter

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 04:48:09 AM »
This just confounds me even more...

http://www.whyisit.us/cbmvax/index.htm



Why does this picture exist anyway?

Hmmm......
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 05:33:43 AM »
@Tension

something to ask some of the commodore engineers today. :lol:
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Offline TensionTopic starter

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2008, 02:28:21 AM »
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@Tension

something to ask some of the commodore engineers today. :lol:


Are there any ex-CBM people on these forums?
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Offline TensionTopic starter

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2009, 05:11:07 PM »
none then?
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2009, 07:56:53 PM »
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none then?


Vax was the King of mini's at the time CBM were around, we had one. No doubt Commodore probably had one or two. Then IBM PC came along......That was the end of DEC.......almost.....Dec Mumps is still used in quite a few hospitals today (Mckesson PAS) therefore VMS Lingers on..... ;)
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2009, 07:57:34 PM »
"cbmvax" was nothing more then the hostname of the mail server.

The picture is just a picture of a Digital Research VAX machine which (might have been) the actual box that they used.

And as LoadWB said... there were several other mail systems out there before the internet SMTP  one.

So... nothing special - nothing to see... move on

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Offline tone007

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2009, 03:21:55 PM »
Now I'm going to have to find a VAX machine to get on the internet to go with my purchase of cbmvax.com and its related domains.
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Offline TensionTopic starter

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2009, 12:02:40 AM »
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Now I'm going to have to find a VAX machine to get on the internet to go with my purchase of cbmvax.com and its related domains.


Did you actually buy the domain???
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Offline tone007

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2009, 01:54:18 AM »
Sure, why not, it was available.
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Re: CBMvax
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2009, 02:50:16 AM »
Yeah, I'd have spent the 9 US bucks a year on it too.  Good move.

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Offline trekiej

Re: CBMvax
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2009, 06:13:35 AM »
Looks like it could do a nice load of laundry.
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