23 Sep
2021
23 Sep
'21
9:12 a.m.
On Wed, 2021-09-22 at 12:00 -0500, cctalk-request at 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.