Posts: 134 Location: Hopedale, MA USA Joined: 15.12.05
Posted on April 07 2007 11:29
[quote:968723f22d="deus"]hello is there an easy way to install all the license keys?
thanks,
ed.[/quote:968723f22d]
Yes - but it depends on your definition of "easy". :-)
The license PAKs (both base and layered products) are structured in such a way that they can be run as a .COM file (if you are familiar with Unix, think: shell script).
If you have the facility to cut-n-paste between the platform that you received the emailed PAKs from and VMS, just create a file on VMS ($create base.com, for example), and cut-n-paste the PAK. Type CTRL-Z to create the file, and $@base will register the base license.
A similar procedure will register the layered products.
A word of caution, though - I've found that I needed to edit the files in a couple of places where the "$" character was not the first character on a line of text.
DCL will barf at those places, and refuse to run the rest of the procedure, so check the resultant .COM file before "executing" it.
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!
