Hi, after getting help from a very nice person i have the openvms media and the hobbist license.
I got a license.txt file on the email it says that i can "RUN" the file.
This is what i do y copy the file to a txt and mounted the cdrom on my alphaserver ds10 i can see the file on the directory but im stuck i pass horus reading documentation but i cant get how i can run the license file.
Openvms is totaly alien to my im tring to get it working but is not easy at all to me.
Please someone can show me the steps i have to do to get this file running.
I have a fully installed 8.3 openvms os and logedin SYSTEM account set time an date ok.
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Posted on June 28 2013 00:27
soviet wrote:
Hi, after getting help from a very nice person i have the openvms media and the hobbist license.
I got a license.txt file on the email it says that i can "RUN" the file.
This is what i do y copy the file to a txt and mounted the cdrom on my alphaserver ds10 i can see the file on the directory but im stuck i pass horus reading documentation but i cant get how i can run the license file.
Openvms is totaly alien to my im tring to get it working but is not easy at all to me.
Please someone can show me the steps i have to do to get this file running.
I have a fully installed 8.3 openvms os and logedin SYSTEM account set time an date ok.
Thanks
Use the command @filename.txt, where filename is the name of the .txt file,
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!
