# 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.