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WASD's Own x86-64
Porting Effort		  
Not (exactly) a blog!
17-SEP-2020 • They say the journey of a thousand miles...
19-SEP-2020 • WASD x86-64 now a toddler
WASD x86-64 on OpenVMS V9.0-D EAK after less than 8 hours...
22-SEP-2020 • WASD x86-64 running, jumping, standing still
04-NOV-2020 • WASD x86-64 quietly humming
20-DEC-2020 • WASD x86-64 reprised
19-APR-2021 • WASD x86-64 reiterated all over again
11-AUG-2021 • WASD x86-64 samsara
19-OCT-2021 • WASD x86-64 son of samsara
07-NOV-2021 • WASD v12.0 released
19-DEC-2021 • Commodity x86-64 (and WASD v12.0)
07-APR-2022 • VMS is VMS is VMS is VMS
Presentation to VMSgenerations on WASD port
Same with presenter notes
07-NOV-2022 • WASD x86-64 and WASD v12.1
addendum • Too good to be true: WASD x86-64 and WASD v12.1
Not a(nother) Blog  
Just a collection of occasional thoughts …
07-OCT-2022 • WASD HTTPd command-line directives (/DO=)
16-NOV-2022 • WASD installation strategies
WASD Startup using 'Hard Links'
14-DEC-2022 • WASD distribution -- DCL and MMS
20-JAN-2023 • WASD OpenSSL 3.0 transition from 1.1.1
Technical Articles
 		  Submissions welcome…
InFAQ
   Infrequently Asked Questions (submissions also welcome)…
Advanced Technical
Bootcamp 2006 		 WASD: why is it chosen when there's VMS Apache?
OpenVMS Technical
Update Days 2008
(Belgium) 		 A presentation by Jean-François Piéronne of SysGroup
(si vous comprenez la langue Française).
WASD at ESME-Sudria  A presentation by Jean-Pierre Petit of ESME-Sudria Ecole d'Ingénieurs Généralistes.

And an HP OpenVMS Success Story (from August 2006) ...

 "Investment protection with next-generation computing
  Paris engineering school provides around-the-clock availability with
  OpenVMS mixed-architecture cluster."

Web-Enabling with
VMS and WASD		   A PowerPoint presentation kindly provided by a significant European company describing activities further extending online customer and organisational services using VMS and WASD. (Translated from the original French Language version.)
Le serveur
HTTPd WASD		   Si vous comprenez la langue Française ...
DECUS
Australia 2002		   Selecting a Web Environment for OpenVMS
OpenVMS with
Apache, OSU and
WASD, The Nonstop Webserver		   Alan Winston Alan Winston
Manager Central Computing
Stanford University
Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

Now available from Digital Press and through Amazon (use that link and support OpenVMS.org) and other resellers.

ISBN: 1555582648

 

WASD Geek?		   [W][A][S][D]
Like WASD so much you wish it was more obvious?

Well order one!

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... dedicate your entire keyboard to it?

Become a backer.

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... or perhaps you'd prefer to wear it?

Well order one of those as well!

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 Last revised January 2023