i've managed to load up my uvax 3100 with vms, and typed by hand "the 104 pak"s, and then installed tcpip. when i try to telnet into the 3100 i get the username and passwords prompts from the client telnet, but at the vax, opcom says the license manager says i need DEC VAX-VMS, which i gather is the "base license"? i should probably have noticed this earlier since i cannot even login without being warned. in any case, i don't seem to have any emails which account for DEC VAX-VMS, just the 104PAK email. was DEC VAX-VMS in a seperate email which i misplaced (or which got intercepted somewhere) ?
if i need DEC VAX-VMS, how can i go about getting it?
-jfg
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Re: Newbie asks "I can't find license DEC VAX-VMS"
Posts: 134 Location: Hopedale, MA USA Joined: 15.12.05
Posted on October 14 2007 14:18
[quote:52829bfdff="jfg"]i've managed to load up my uvax 3100 with vms, and typed by hand "the 104 pak"s, and then installed tcpip. when i try to telnet into the 3100 i get the username and passwords prompts from the client telnet, but at the vax, opcom says the license manager says i need DEC VAX-VMS, which i gather is the "base license"? i should probably have noticed this earlier since i cannot even login without being warned. in any case, i don't seem to have any emails which account for DEC VAX-VMS, just the 104PAK email. was DEC VAX-VMS in a seperate email which i misplaced (or which got intercepted somewhere) ?
if i need DEC VAX-VMS, how can i go about getting it?
-jfg[/quote:52829bfdff]
I'm sorry for your fingers! :-)
Get it from the same location you got the 104 PAKs; there is a drop-down list that allows you to get the "base" license and the "layered product" licenses. You got the "layered product" PAKs
For future reference, (next year) get both sets of PAKs, enter VAX-VMS and UCX by hand; bring up the system, and execute the 104 PAKs as a "command" file,
i am grateful for the prompt suggestion that i simply re-get the base license. i claim never to have gotten the base i asked for, at least not as an email that i could refer to.
note that without a connection to the computer which has the email with the 104pak, dcl skills are not very helpful; at least i couldn't figure out a way to move the email data from my pc without a serial line, without a telnet line, and without copy/paste. i made do with a quick .com file which at least did everything except the license name and checksum which i still had to type in by hand. perhaps i could have figured out a way to burn a cd somewhere and then mount it on the vax if i had tried a bit harder.
Posts: 134 Location: Hopedale, MA USA Joined: 15.12.05
Posted on October 14 2007 15:04
[quote:5b54d89600="jfg"]i am grateful for the prompt suggestion that i simply re-get the base license. i claim never to have gotten the base i asked for, at least not as an email that i could refer to.
note that without a connection to the computer which has the email with the 104pak, dcl skills are not very helpful; at least i couldn't figure out a way to move the email data from my pc without a serial line, without a telnet line, and without copy/paste. i made do with a quick .com file which at least did everything except the license name and checksum which i still had to type in by hand. perhaps i could have figured out a way to burn a cd somewhere and then mount it on the vax if i had tried a bit harder.
thanx for your help
-jfg[/quote:5b54d89600]
The first time I got a license, I was (luckily) able to copy/paste from my PC to the VMS system ($set terminal/nottsync prevents buffer overflows when copying/pasting - I think). Subsequent years allowed me to use FTP between PC/VMS as an alternate method. I've always tried to be careful to get the licenses a few days before they expire each year. The ideal setup would be to run your email on VMS, thus avoiding all issues with moving licenses around.
:-)
I think you can just keep "asking" for the licenses until you receive them. You might want to check your "junk" folder email to see if the licenses were held up by your ISP, or by an overly-aggressive junk mail filter on the email system.
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!
