Pasting large amounts of text into either of the serial ports using PuTTY may result in data lost. On the console port (OPA0), this behavior is consistent with the behavior of the console on a real AlphaServer 400. We believe this to be a limitation of the console firmware.
On the second serial port (TTA0), this seems to be an issue with PuTTY. We do not see the problem when using commercial terminal emulators like KEAterm or Smartterm.
For example:
Using PuTTY on TTA0 under VMS:
- Open a EDIT/TPU session.
- Paste a large about of text.
- Data lost and data overruns experienced.
Same sequence with KEAterm does not loose data.
The behavior is a bit inconsistent:
Using PuTTY on TTA0 under VMS:
- Use CREATE from the command line.
- Paste same text buffer.
- No data loss or overruns.
I've played with the various configuration settings within PuTTY, but have not hit on a combination that alleviates the data loss problem on TTA0: Any suggestions?
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!
