Right now I'm using my PWS600 with an NCR 53C810 SCSI controller which is 50pin, but I want to use 68pin HDDs (wide). And I need a new controller that can be booted from the SRM of the PWS600 and to be recognized by OpenVMS.
I created a list of the supported by OpenVMS controllers, but only two of them I think will be bootable by my old PWS:
KZPAC/KZPSC (Mylex DAC960) and QLA1040 (is this KZPBA?). And the controller must not be a DEC part - I need some generic (my NCR 53C810 is an ASUS PCI-200 card). Is there any other old wide SCSI (SCSI/RAID) controller? Will some generic (from some x86 server) Mylex DAC960 work with the SRM and OpenVMS?
What SCSI controllers do you use in your Personal Workstations - share some experience please
P.S. the exact hardware is PWS 600a (Miata MX5) with SRM 7.2-1
P.P.S. I found a quotation about generic (not DEC/Compaq branded) Mylex 960 working on Miata just with BIOS reflashed with the DEC analog. Can anyone confirm this?
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!
