This sounds like a fascinating development. I look forward to the public release of this product. I note also that FreeAXP can be used for commercial purposes. All we need now is a "Free for commercial use" OpenVMS Alpha distribution for emulations <= 128mb memory, or at least a low cost one and then we won't have to worry about updating our hobbyist licenses every year.
I am currently using PersonalAlpha which has favourably impressed me and would be interested to know if FreeAXP can be used with the same vdisk container files already established for use with PersonalAlpha, or if the FreeAXP version is technically different thereby requiring its own initial OpenVMS installation.
Another question comes to mind regarding FreeAXP performance. I wonder if there would be any performance differential between a Windows 7 (x32) host vs (x64) given we are emulating a 64bit Alpha hardware environment.
Thanks to the Migration Specialties people for their efforts here.
Thanks very much for answering my questions about FreeAXP.
I am suitably impressed and look forward to the initial release.
Oops - It appears that a beta version of the product has already been released and I wasn't aware of it until just now.
Edited by johncookson on March 18 2010 15:10
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!
