[Simh] Has anyone contacted VSI directly about Hobbyist Licenses ?

[Dave Wade]

Mike,
Not really huge. OpenVms  for VAX ISO is 180Mb and that includes DECNET and TCP-IP, and so that’s enough to get started.
The language installs are all small. 10-20Mb.
Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Stramba <mikestramba at gmail.com>
> Sent: 13 May 2020 21:49
> To: Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
> Cc: Steven M Jones <smj+simh at crash.com>; simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Has anyone contacted VSI directly about Hobbyist
> Licenses ?
> 
> Ok thx.
> 
> Ya I put "personal learning"
> 
> On a related note, do you guys know of a cheap shared 'nix hosting service
> where I can run Openvms ?
> 
> I have a free account on alwaysdata.net at the moment, and will look into
> their paid options.
> 
> Eventually I will run it on my own box but I have a very slow connection right
> now, and I'm guessing the download is (relatively) huge  (how big is it ?)
> 
> Mikec
> 
> On 5/13/20, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can take 24 hours. Its done in India.
> > Did you fill in the "what I am going to use it for" box
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> On Behalf Of Mike
> Stramba
> >> Sent: 13 May 2020 21:32
> >> To: Steven M Jones <smj+simh at crash.com>
> >> Cc: simh at trailing-edge.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Simh] Has anyone contacted VSI directly about Hobbyist
> >> Licenses ?
> >>
> >> Hmm,  ~ 16 hours after submitting , and still no reply / license info
> >>
> >> How long does license issue  usually take ?
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/28/20, Steven M Jones <smj+simh at crash.com> wrote:
> >> > On 04/28/2020 15:00, Richard wrote:
> >> >> In article <581a87f9-4be6-7bde-badb-
> 30b563a01e07 at thereinhardts.org>,
> >> >>      "John H. Reinhardt" <johnhreinhardt at thereinhardts.org> writes:
> >> >>
> >> >>> In the meantime, if you haven't, get your HPE Hobbyist license(s)
> >> >>> as they are counting the number of participants which may go to VSI.
> >> >>> The new license will not expire until January 1, 2022.
> >> >> I've been lax with my VAXen.  How do I do this again?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Should be able to do that here:
> >> > https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548
> >> >
> >> > You'll need to be affiliated with a group in their list. I
> >> > recommend DECUServe, my understanding is they don't have any
> >> > geographic requirements. You can do that by telnet or ssh to
> >> > eisner.decuserve.org, username REGISTRATION (no password, just hit
> >> > Return), and follow the prompts. It'll take some time for the data
> >> > to propagate to HPE if you have to create an account, measured in
> >> > days not
> >> weeks.
> >> >
> >> > "Share & Enjoy!"
> >> > --S.
> >> >
> >> >
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