Hi all there, I'm sure I will need your help the next days until my last gray cells get active again. I just registered today. My first VAX, a MicroVax II, I installed 23 years ago, and we were a VMS site until 98 approx, when first Digital and later Compaq salesmen had convinced all our Bosses the future to be UNIX - which let to many incompatible Linux islands around me now.
Cleaning up my office I found the CD set of VMS 5.5-2 and thought to give it a try on simh - that is why I came here today. Today, I got as far with little reading that I got the standalone backup kit bootet - and now I must confess I forgot what to do next. I know I have to say
backup ... But what is ... ?
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!
