On Wed, 2021-09-22 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > Currently the Hobbyist Program covers Alpha and Itanium. We?ve been > told it will cover x86 at some point. I for one can?t wait for x86, > as I don?t really want to add an Itanium to run some of the newer > software. > > Zane
Not even that... looked at the VSI stuff and it is only the newest Alphas that are supported. 21064/21164 and, I believe, 21264 are not supported by any release licensed by VSI, and they changed the PRODUCER key so you can't use those PAKs on DEC/CPQ/HP variants of VMS. HP stopped issuing new hobbyist PAKs back very early in 2020. I put in for a renew March or so and never got it. They were so disinterested in the program that they didn't mention stopping it, so I guess it isn't surprising that the page is still up. Isn't VMS DCL pretty close to RSX? Never used RSX, but that is what I was always told. Anyway, good system, pretty solid, expect to do a LOT of typing for commands if you're used to UNIX, and don't put any VAX with a public DCL account on the Internet because there is a huge security hole in DCL that was never fixed for VAX.