Welcome to the portal for OpenVMS hobbyist computing.
This portal is run by volunteers on their own time.
Unfortunately this notice is needed:
All online forums are now under heavy attack by "Link spammers" who join just to get links to their web sites higher ranked on search engines. These range from those that are obvious to some that try to pretend that they are legitimate posters by posting either an introductory message or a question that appears to be from someone wanting to learn what this forum is about.
These spammers stand out because they have URLs in the message or the footers that have nothing to do with this forum and are missing any content that would indicate that they have any idea about what this hobby is about, even though some have figured out it has something to do with computers and programming.
If you post a message that appears to be only for advertising a URL, especially if you have never been seen posting VMS related content, then it will be treated as spam as deleted with out any notice other than this. At a minimum, any URL that is unrelated to this hobby is likely to be removed with out prior notice.
HP has also indicated that they do not want any public download sites for their software other than
their own. Any links to live download sites for HP copyrighted material that is not 100% public licensed will be removed.
And any links or posts about how to defeat HP licensing software will also be removed.
When posting your first message, please make sure it is on topic for this forum and includes keywords that indicate that you know what this forum is for.
We do want to encourage participation in this forum and this hobby, and we are willing to help at all skill levels for those that actually want to participate and are able to learn.
If you need software that is not available for download from HP, ask giving your location and someone may be able to help outside of this forum.
If you have software that you want to help out a hobbyist, HP has indicated that they do not care how the hobbyist get their software as long a public download site is not used, so you can arrange
a transfer.
Edited by malmberg on January 15 2015 03:04
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!
