Posts: 33 Location: North Brunswick, NJ Joined: 12.03.08
Posted on March 12 2008 09:38
I recently acquired an Alphastation 200 4/233. I replaced the original disk with an RZ29 but that's still not a lot of disk space. I'd like to be able to add more storage with out having to locate SCSI drives and external cabinets. This system only has SCSI interfaces.
Is there a list of USB, ATAPI or SATA interface cards that are supported by VMS? I don't care if booting is supported. I just want to hook up some drives for data.
IIRC, Intel-base USB cards would be accesable but I doubt these are of any use to connect a USB-drive, unless you write the driver yourself.
ATAPI might be if they are based on a particular chip - but I don't remember which oen (Cypres? Intel?)
SATA: None, To new
Anothe rpossibility, if you can get hold of it: an extra Wide-SCSI card with external connector, and BA35x shelf and IO module - use the blue one (WideSCSI) and you can add up to disk in there. Or get yourself a HSZ controller and shelve(s).
An Alphastation 200 can hold one or 2 extra disks, IIRC.
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
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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!
