I have finally managed to find the time and the relevant pieces of software etc. to build a SIMH environment on a Raspberry PI and managed to get a MicroVAX3900 environment up and running. I have also managed top install VMS 5.5-2. It has take a bit of time, but all good...
I've been wanting to recreate the environment I worked on as a student at University and also that of my first job post university where I did some systems management in addition to other roles.
Now the problem is PAKS. I cannot find how to acquire them - it appears they are no longer available under the hobbyist programme for VMS 5.5-2 and associated languages such as basic, fortran, Cobol etc. (that I also wanted to configure and play once again with). It appears you can get the PAKS for Alpha, but that's not what I',m after.
Does anyone have any suggestions or can offer me any advice/support - really stuck, and its taken me a long time to get to this point...
malmberg August 04 2022 No more VAX hobbyist licenses. Community licenses for Alpha/IA64/X86_64 VMS Software Inc. Commercial VMS software licenses for VAX available from HPE.
ozboomer July 20 2022 Just re-visiting.. No more hobbyist licenses? Is that from vmssoftware.com, no 'community' licenses?
valdirfranco July 01 2022 No more hobbyist license...sad
mister_wavey February 12 2022 I recall that the disks failed on the public access VMS systems that included Fafner
parwezw January 03 2022 Anyone know what happened to FAFNER.DYNDS.ORG? I had a hobbyist account here but can longer access the site.
gtackett October 27 2021 Make that DECdfs _2.1A_ for Vax
gtackett October 27 2021 I'm looking for DECdfs V2.4A kit for VAX. Asking here just in case anyone is still listening.
MarkRLV September 17 2021 At one time, didn't this web site have a job board? I would love to use my legacy skills one last time in my career.
malmberg January 18 2021 New Hobbyist PAKs for VAX/VMS are no longer available according to reports. Only commercial licenses are reported to be for sale from HPE
dfilip January 16 2021 Can someone please point me to hobbyist license pak? I'm looking for VAX/VMS 7.1, DECnet Phase IV, and UCX/TCPIP ... have the 7.1 media, need the license paks ... thanks!
