I was looking at something interesting to learn and stumbled onto the site.
It was a bit strange because half my mates at work are old DEC boys. Most of the Tru64 stripe but a few know of the vax.
I have a shell account and I am tooling around in it. It seems the common commands are easier to use than linux or HPUX. I have not really found my purpose with the account yet. I like to write simple programs for BC. But have not found the OpenVMS BC command yet to play with.
I size computers for use with SAP. And its all math so it does not really matter what you do the math with.
Also I use the mail command.
I am guessing that mail is internal to the system or cluster because it will not send a test to my netscape account.
jwp1 wrote:
Also I use the mail command.
I am guessing that mail is internal to the system or cluster because it will not send a test to my netscape account.
MAIL is generally local, but you can send/receive mail through the internet, if they have it set up to do that. It's useful for sending alert messages, but frankly, due to the amount and type of attachments that are often being used, a graphical mail client is better suited nowdays. You can still pull your mail off the VMS system via POP3, though.
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!
