I just wanted to pass on the setup I use for running FreeAXP on my Mac. As you would expect, FreeAXP runs with no issues under BootCamp, since it is simply a dual-booted version of Windows. Since I own a Mac because I love OSX, I run my Windows programs under Parallels whenever I can. The good news is that FreeAXP works great!
When I setup my Parallels VM for FreeAXP, I allocated 2 processors and 1024 MB of memory. (FreeAXP requires a minimum of 2 processors.) I've run several versions of OpenVMS 7.3, and it runs great on my 3+ year old Mac Book Pro Core 2 Duo. I've also tried the same build on my 1st gen Mac Pro, with 2GB of memory and 4 processors. It does perform marginally better, as the host OS isn't spending as much time competing for resources.
I'm running OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with Parallels 5. I've tried FreeAXP under both Windows XP, and Windows 7 x64, and the performance is *much* better under 64bit Windows 7. And the best news is that there is only a 5-10% performance penalty when compared to running FreeAXP under BootCamp on the same machine.
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!
