brad from MA - grateful hobbyist. The hobbyist program contributed to gainful employment for me - I landed a VMS job that was dependent on my passing a "DCL skills test". Luckily, I had a VMS box at home, with which to keep up my DCL skills. I passed the test and landed the job.
Unfortunately, with the current state of VMS and the general economy, the gig lasted only 18 months. After spending another nine months fruitlessly searching for VMS work, I gave up, and have gone back to school to train as a medical coding specialist. I should have my certificate in a few weeks, and (hopefully) a job after I graduate in March.
I'm a passionate VMS hobbyist, with a PWS433au at home (using Mozilla now to browse/post as we speak). I use WASD as a web server, instead of SWS. I use the server mostly to learn PHP and MySQL. VMS is still in use at some hospitals; perhaps my next paying gig can combine old and new skills.
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!
