Posts: 2 Location: Perth, Australia Joined: 12.05.18
Posted on June 05 2018 06:57
I've dusted the cobwebs off a VAXstation 4000 VLC; found an MMJ cable in a box of odd cables and found a DEC keyboard. No VT terminal though. Downloaded Pathworks off Winworld https://winworldpc.com/product/pathworks/32-v7x to install the Powerterm 525 terminal emulator on a 32bit Windows Vista PC. Planning to cut the MMJ cable in half and solder a DE9 connector to the cut end following instructions at http://avitech.com.au/?page_id=766 to make a suitable null modem cable. Hoping to use the terminal emulator and hacked cable to capture console output. Will what I'm proposing work?
Almost 1am now. Planning to forge ahead tomorrow. Any suggestions/reassurance welcome. Looking forward to getting back to my VAX roots in the coming days.
Edited by basilh on June 05 2018 07:15
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!
