I think it's time to introduce myself. I am 32 years old, I live in Austria at the countryside, and I am working as a UNIX (<-- go on and flame me ) System Manager in Vienna.
I have always been fascinated by DEC and their cool hardware, which of course I couldn't afford then. Some years ago I started collecting DEC workstations and playing around with VMS.
Today my DEC collection consists of:
DECStation 3000
DECStation 5000/255
DEC 3000 AXP
DECpc 486
AlphaStation 255
AlphaStation 500/400
2 x VT440
...and some days ago I acquired my first VAX - a VAXStation 3100/30
So I am very glad about the Hobbyist program and I really appreciate what your guys are doing. Thank you so much.
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!
) System Manager in Vienna.
- a VAXStation 3100/30
