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Catch of the Day: A Dinosaur on the Web – OpenVMS on a VAXstation! 🦖

Hey Retro Fans!

When we think of retro computing, most of us picture a beige tower PC, a C64, or an Amiga. But yesterday, our bouncer welcomed a true heavyweight from the depths of professional IT history:

VMS_Mosaic 4.0 on OpenVMS V7.3 (VAXstation 4000-VLC)!

Let that user agent sink in for a moment. DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) was once a giant of the computer industry. Their VAX architecture and the accompanying OpenVMS operating system are absolute legends, famous for a level of stability that modern systems can often only dream of.

The VAXstation 4000-VLC ("Very Low Cost") hit the market in the very early 90s—a compact UNIX/VMS machine for professional use. The fact that someone in 2026 fires up this machine, launches the graphical Motif interface, and browses FrogFind using the native VMS_Mosaic browser is absolutely mind-blowing. It proves once again: With the right bridge (and FrogFind!), no architecture is too old for the internet.

A reverent toast to indestructible DEC hardware!

Your FrogFind Team 🐸

Here are three more minicomputer appearances. "The Blues Brothers" sees the Harris H100 make its Starring-the-Computer debut, and then we have a couple of DEC VAX machines appearing in TV episodes. The "Just Shoot Me!" episode "When Nina Met Her Parents" has a DEC VAX 11/780, and the DEC VAX 6000 makes its first appearance in the "Young Sheldon" episode "Ruthless, Toothless and a Week of Bed Rest".

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-05-16%2013:14

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