Hacking Textfiles: VAX and VMS

The Operating System and Machine Family created by Digital has its own interesting legion of fans and stadium of haters. It's weird, it's old iron, and some people swear it's amazingly stable. Regardless, it garnered a lot of interest from hackers for decades, and files that implore the community to check out these grand and fascinating machines were sprinkled quite liberally on BBSes.

Most of the big names of hacking in the 1980's had at least one VAX or VMS file to offer. Also, many people wrote humor files about VAXes; those are in the Computer Humor section.


Filename
Size
Description of the Textfile
accounts.vax 5772
Accounts to try if you wanna enter into a VAX/VMS
basic2.hac 7275
The Basics of Hacking II: VAXes By the Knights of Shadow
ccc-2.txt 23016
Beginners Guide to VAX/VMS Hacking By ENTITY of Corrupt Computing Canada (September 12, 1989)
ccc-vms.txt 150491
A Beginner's Guide to VAX/VMS Hacking by Entity of Corrupt Computing Canada (1989)
ccc_2.txt 150491
The Beginner's Guide to VAX/VMS Hacking by Corrupt Computing Canada
deccomma 17065
Help Screens from VMS
hackingv.txt 6324
Inside VAX/VMS, by Master Blaster
newtov.txt 46604
An Overview of the VMS Operating System
openvms 89709
FAQ: The DEC VMS Faq (October 19, 1995) from Steve Lionel
practica.txt 105438
A Practical Exercise in Securing an OpenVMS System by Rob McMillan of the University of Queensland
tcsb.09 44251
Telecom Computer Security Bulletin: Using the VAX/VMS Authorize Utility by line Shadow (September 10, 1988)
vax 4887
Step-by-Step Out-Modem Location Instructions, by Phantom
vax-1.hac 4012
What's Hacking? By David Lightman Vol. 1
vax-1.txt 4011
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman
vax-2.txt 3181
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #2
vax-3.txt 3975
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #3
vax-4.txt 3889
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #4
vax-5.txt 3645
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #5
vax-6.txt 3787
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #6
vax-7.hac 2156
What's Hacking? By David Lightman Vol. 7
vax-7.txt 1024
VAX Computer Systems by David Lightman #7
vax.txt 13952
Hacking VAX's VMS System
vaxa.txt 65419
The VMS System User's Manual, typed in by Guardian of Time
vaxc.txt 150296
The Beginner's Guide to VAX/VMS Hacking, by Entity of Corrupt Computing Canada
vaxcomma.txt 6400
Inside Vax/Vms: Using Command Procedures by Master Blaster
vaxdef.txt 1121
Various Default Passwords on VAXes
vaxfaq1.txt 16820
The Info-VAX Monthly Posting Part 1 (August 2, 1992)
vaxfaq2.txt 23574
The Info-VAX Monthly Posting Part 2 (October 28, 1992)
vaxfaq3.txt 22843
The Info-VAX Monthly Posting Part 3 (September 5, 1992)
vaxfaq4.txt 44676
The Info-VAX Monthly Posting Part 4 (May 27, 1993)
vaxhack.hac 11043
Hacking VAX VMS's by Terry Gilligan
vaxhack.one 4609
VAX and VMS Hacking: An introduction
vaxhack.txt 5282
VAX and VMS Hacking by Metal Maniac
vaxhackone.hac 5379
VAX/VMS Hacking by Metal Maniac
vaxinst.hac 12800
Welcome to the World of VAX
vaxinst.txt 13056
Welcome to the World of VAX
vaxlight.hac 24645
What's Hacking? A Series by David Lightman: VAXES
vaxnums.txt 1781
A List of VAX Numbers
vaxvmlod.hac 3968
LOD/H Present Hacking into VAX/VMS Systems
vaxvms.hac 6656
Inside VAX/VMS by Master Blaster
vaxvms.txt 6668
Inside Vax/VMS: Using Command Procedures, by Master Blaster
vaxvmsin.txt 2360
Inside VAX/VMS, by Master Blaster
vms.faq 75650
The VMS Hack FAQ by The Beaver and Tsyvt Version 0.02 (August 18, 1995)
vms.nap 4192
A Profile on Vaxes, compiled by Blind Justice and Dr. Insanity
vms.txt 11776
A Profile on VAX's, by Blind Justice and Dr. Insanity
vmsfaq.txt 75789
The VMS Hacking FAQ (Beta 0.03 Release) July 20th, 1998 by The Beave and Tsywt
vmshack.txt 3416
Getting System Privilege under VMS by Lightfinger (1987)
vmssecure.txt 108138
A Practical Exercise in Securing an OpenVMS System by Rob McMillan

There are 48 files for a total of 1,403,312 bytes.