I hate to post a grossly newbie question, but the OpenHobbyist FAQ is a couple of years old, and I wonder if times have changed.
I understand that in order to obtain the PAK's, I need to belong to a user group. Since I live the US, my one choice looks like Encompass. Does Encompass still have a basic member option? I tried to register as an associate, but haven't received a response after several days. As a "regular," non-business individual, should I have registered with the $90/year membership?
I'm looking forward to getting my DEC 4000 AXP server up! I'm very glad to see a group devoted to the care and feeding of hobbyists. Thanks in advance,
Hah.. yeah, I may have to alternate off months running to offset my power bill.
Thanks for the heads up. I guess my concern was that the associate program was somehow for "someone else." So is there a free level of membership anymore with Encompass? Or am I just missing it on their webpage?
Well, my faith in the Universe has been restored. I never received a confirmation from Encompass, but I emailed them today. They wrote me back with my login info, and were very helpful. No clue why the confirmation didn't reach me. Spam filters didn't get it.
So, the bottom line- yes you can register as an associate, it is still free. If you haven't heard from them after some time has passed (in my case a week) email them.
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!
