DECnet License for older VAX VMS

[Zane Healy]

Prior to v5.0, VAX/VMS didn’t use LMF, so as Antonio pointed out, you need a license tape.  While I saw these online a few years ago, I didn’t download them at the time, and they don’t seem to be online anywhere.

Years ago, I got a MicroVAX 3 system running VAX/VMS 4.6 from an RD53.  It booted once, when I went to boot the 2nd time to back it up to a TK50, the RD53 died. :-(  End result, it has OpenVMS 7.2 installed on a RA73 (and hasn’t been booted in nearly 20 years).

Zane




> On Mar 6, 2019, at 5:01 PM, BGeezer via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Ok, I got a chance to login and try installing DECnet so I could reproduce the error. This is the result of
> 
> trying to install without a license. VMS by itself does not complain.
> 
> If you have not already installed the DECnet-VAX license, then do so now.
> 
> After the license has been installed, you should invoke the procedure
> SYS$MANAGER:STARTNET.COM to startup DECnet-VAX with these changes.
> 
> (If the license is already installed) Do you want DECnet started? [YES]:
> %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   6-MAR-2019 19:54:08.80  %%%%%%%%%%%
> Message from user DECNET
> DECnet starting
> 
> %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000108
> %NCP-I-NMLRSP, listener response - Operation failure
> Circuit = UNA-0
> %SYSTEM-F-NOLICENSE, operation requires software license
> %RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000010A
> 
> 
> I'll try and extract just the DECnet license and install it on its own and see what I get.
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/6/19 6:07 PM, Brian Roth via cctalk wrote:
>> Hello,I have a current hobbyists license for OpenVMS 7.3 and a handful of simulated VAXen. I wanted to add my simulated 11/780 and 11/782 to my DECnet and wondered if there was a (legal of course) license workaround to install networking on an older version such as 4.4. The current PAKS will not work.Brian.
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