I Want Your VAX Oct 25, 1987 Version 1 TIME AUDIO VIDEO --------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------- | | 00:00 | In the past, there were arguments for | MS of as many Pro video monitors as we can get, | and against networked systems | all playing the PRO slideshow. 00:04 | it was a question of resource efficiency. | 00:06 | These days, it's merely a question of licensing, | | it's as simple as that... | 00:12 | This is not a song about clustered VAX. | begin zoom in and fade to black on center monitor | | | | | | 00:21 | Begin Song | MS from top of breasts to top of thighs of woman | | walking. She is carrying a VAX manual on the | | "away" side, and has a calculator and some nerd | | wear on her chest. | | | | | | | | 00:31 | Enter Drums | MS of bed with satin sheets on it, covering ??? | | The sheets are slowly pulled away, but we can't | | see anything under them. It is the woman's hand | | pulling them away. | | CUT to MS of woman walking shot. | | CUT to repeat of sheets pulling away | | | | | | | | 00:40 | There's things that you guess, and things that you know. | MS of jms singing. For each line, cut 00:44 | There's patches you trust, and source code you don't. | to a different shot, wearing a different VAX/DECUS 00:49 | There's cabling you hide, and consoles that you show. | T-shirt. 00:53 | Sometimes you think it's gonna reboot, | CUT to | but it don't and that's just the way it goes. | | | | | | | | | 00:58 | I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives, | 01:03 | don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines. | 01:07 | I've waited so long baby now that you're mine. | 01:12 | your warranty's over, let's get it on-line. | | | | | | | | | 01:16 | I want your VAX. | 01:20 | VAX/VMS. | Pan across row of VAX/VMS manuals 01:25 | I want your VAX. | 01:30 | I want your --- VAX. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 2 TIME AUDIO VIDEO --------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------- | | 01:35 | It's paging out to disk, I'm swapping the console. | 01:40 | It's streaming onto tape, (unison) so why don't you | CUT to MS of tape drives spinning forward, | just let it load. | as fast as they can. At "so why don't," | | begin pan/zoom to "load" button, and woman's | | hand pressing that button. | | | | 01:44 | I'd really like to try, oh I'd really like to know, | 01:49 | when you tell me you're gonna reboot it, | CU of woman's finger pushing "boot" switch 01:51 | then I say I'm gonna login but you still say no. | | | | | | | | | 01:53 | I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives, (yeah) | 01:58 | don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines. (ooohhh) | 02:01 | I've waited so long baby, just to connect. | 02:07 | why don't we sync up, my wiring's a wreck. | | | | | | | | | 02:11 | I want your VAX. | 02:16 | VAX/VMS. | Pan across row of VAX/VMS manuals 02:20 | I want your VAX. | 02:25 | I want your --- VAX. | | | | | | | | | 02:29 | VAX, oh! | | | | | | | 02:31 | begin solo keyboard | | | | | | | | | 02:49 | It's digital, It's terminal (let's boot it) | 02:54 | It's logical, electrical (you will boot it) | 02:59 | It's virtual, but most of all ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Page 3 TIME AUDIO VIDEO --------+---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------- | | 03:02 | VAX is something we should do, | 03:05 | VAX is something that's not Big Blue. | CUT to shot of IBM PC, woman's hand drawing solidus | | across it. 03:07 | VAX is natural, VAX is good. | 03:09 | Not everyone's got Digital, but everybody should. | 03:12 | VAX is natural, VAX is fun. | CU of woman's face. She smiles on the lyric "fun." 03:14 | VAX is best when it's .... one on one. | shot from behind monitor of woman sitting at | | VAXstation. On "one-on-one," she points at herself | | and then at the monitor with both fingers. | | | | 03:20 | one on one. | same action as previous shot, but from side. | | | | 03:36 | (begin solo bass) | | | | | | | | | 03:44 | Whoo, VAX (I'm not a programmer) | 03:46 | Whoo, VAX (I'm not your manager) | 03:49 | Whoo, VAX (Talk to your sysop) | 03:51 | Whoo, VAX (I am the user!) | | | | | | | 03:53 | Whoo, VAX, Whoo, VAX | 04:00 | L-L-L-L- Log-on! | ECU of terminal typing "Username:" at 110 baud | | | | | | | | 04:02 | What's your definition of kludgy baby? | PAN over VAX system to UNIX license; | What do you consider functionality? | zoom in on UNIX license. 04:06 | Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby | 04:09 | Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me? | | | | | | | | | 04:11 | What's your definition of kludgy baby? | CU of IBM PC (?), zoom/pan over to | What do you consider functionality? | focus on IBM logo. 04:16 | Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby | 04:18 | Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me? | | | | | | | | | 04:24 | VAX with me? | | | | | | | | | 04:29 | huh, l-l-l-l-log off! | ECU of terminal typing "logged out at..." at 300 baud | | | |