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OpenVMS Hobbyist Program | Alpha Systems Forums | Alpha Hardware Forum
Author PWS 600au Memory Cards Available
pfau
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Posts: 33
Location: North Brunswick, NJ
Joined: 12.03.08
Posted on August 09 2010 13:20
I just bought some memory on ebay for my PWS 600au. I couldn't pass up a bid at the price. I got 20 sticks of Samsung 256MB PC100 RAM with ECC. Anyone who knows about the PWS 600au knows it only holds 6.

If anyone can use some memory, let me know and we can make a deal. Leave me a personal message here and I'll get back to you.
http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/
Author RE: PWS 600au Memory Cards Available
jkmccarthy
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Posts: 21
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Joined: 08.01.08
Posted on December 08 2010 15:30
What is the maximum amount of memory that is possible in a Digital Personal Workstation 600au ? Does anyone know from experience that larger-capacity memory sticks are not supported ?

Checking the HP web site, I found this link:

http://h18002.www1.hp.com/info/GEBPW4/GEBPW4PF.PDF

... dating from June 1998 that cites the SN-MSP01-HF = 512Mb expansion as the largest (then) available for these machines. Since memory sticks must be installed in pairs, this 512Mb kit is two sticks of 256Mb each. Interesting that the above reference sheet says that Digital Unix supports a maximum of 1.5Gb of memory (all six slots populated with 256Mb sticks), but OVMS only supports up to 1Gb in this same machine, although that information may be outdated ?

Anyway, if one were to install banks of 2x512Mb sticks, or 2x1Gb sticks, would the SRM bios support larger memory capacity (assuming latest firmware version) or not ? And if supported by the BIOS firmware, what about at the OVMS operating system level ? My 600au dual-boots hobbyist OpenVMS 8.3, and CentOS Linux v4.3 for Alpha, so I'm tempted to try installing up to six larger capacity (1Gb) memory sticks unless users here know for a fact from experience that this will not work.

Thanks,

-- Jim


http://108.245.139.61:8000/~jkm/computers.htm
Edited by jkmccarthy on December 08 2010 15:30
http://108.245.139.61:8000/~jkm/
Author RE: PWS 600au Memory Cards Available
GerryB
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Posts: 24
Location: Florida
Joined: 26.06.08
Posted on December 10 2010 01:42
Hi,

I'm running 1.5GB with OpenVMS 8.3 on my 533au and haven't had any problems. I think I tried a couple of 512K sticks a while back and it would not recognize them. Might have been the sticks, though.

Gerry
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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!

Bart
October 16 2020
OpenVMS, and this website!

malmberg
September 05 2020
VSI community non-commercial licenses for AXP/IA64 are available now.

malmberg
September 05 2020
See the forum about licensing. Don't know if HPE hobby licenses still being issued. Commercial licenses still being sold.

silfox70
September 01 2020
I need the license for OpenVMS7.3. Where can I find them?

malmberg
August 29 2020
Eisner, which is currently being moved, got an SSH update and the keys were updated to more modern encryption standards.

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