OpenVMS 7.3 (VAX) web server?

eugene

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Oct 19, 2009, 7:31:54 PM10/19/09

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Hello, I've recently acquired several old VAX systems on which I plan
to install OpenVMS 7.3 under the most fantastic hobbyist license. I
found a build of perl which will work. I found zip/unzip and many
other goodies. Does anyone have a web server of any sort running on
their hobbyist machine? I'd love to hear about it!

Tim E. Sneddon

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Oct 19, 2009, 7:40:47 PM10/19/09

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I believe that for a VAX OSU and WASD are your only options. Personally,
I have found WASD to be fantastic and possibly the fastest. Although it
is not a hobbyist site, www.kednos.com is built and served entirely
using WASD and its content management system, VWcms (both by Mark Daniel).

You can find WASD and its accompanying software here:

http://wasd.vsm.com.au/

WASD is completely free and released under the GPL. The code quality is
also very high. I thoroughly recommend checking it out.

Tim.

Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply

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Oct 20, 2009, 8:27:36 AM10/20/09

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In article <3O6Dm.48754$ze1....@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Tim E.
Sneddon" <tim.s...@bigpond.com> writes:

> WASD is completely free and released under the GPL. The code quality is
> also very high. I thoroughly recommend checking it out.

I haven't used WASD, but am familiar with and recommend the OSU web
server: http://www.ecr6.ohio-state.edu/www/doc/serverinfo.html

H Vlems

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Oct 20, 2009, 6:02:15 PM10/20/09

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WASD is your friend and there's a book that discusses setting up this
product.
But what kind of VAX systems do you have? Most models that are useful
for a hobbyist only have 10 Mb/s ethernet and won't do much more than
half that rate.
Hans

eugene

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Oct 20, 2009, 7:45:11 PM10/20/09

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Thanks everyone for the suggestions! 10Mb/s is plenty fast for me (or
5Mb/s for that matter). I'm just playing around. Actually, I have
several from a 3100/10 up to a 4000/700. I also have an 11/750 that
needs restoration. I have a 4000/90 but no memory. It seems that
memory for VAXstations is difficult or expensive to come by.

toby

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Oct 21, 2009, 3:11:58 PM10/21/09

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On Oct 20, 7:45 pm, eugene <tr...@marmotking.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 3:02 pm, H Vlems <hvl...@freenet.de> wrote:
>
> > On 20 okt, 01:31, eugene <tr...@marmotking.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hello, I've recently acquired several old VAX systems on which I plan
> > > to install OpenVMS 7.3 under the most fantastic hobbyist license. I
> > > found a build of perl which will work. I found zip/unzip and many
> > > other goodies. Does anyone have a web server of any sort running on
> > > their hobbyist machine? I'd love to hear about it!
>
> > WASD is your friend and there's a book that discusses setting up this
> > product.
> > But what kind of VAX systems do you have? Most models that are useful
> > for a hobbyist only have 10 Mb/s ethernet and won't do much more than
> > half that rate.
> > Hans
>
> Thanks everyone for the suggestions! 10Mb/s is plenty fast for me (or
> 5Mb/s for that matter). I'm just playing around. Actually, I have
> several from a 3100/10 up to a 4000/700. I also have an 11/750 that
> needs restoration.

I do too. I hope you'll blog the process with many pictures!!

urbancamo

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Oct 22, 2009, 3:56:18 AM10/22/09

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I'm in the process of setting up a new WASD server for the hecnet.eu
website. I'll definitely be blogging about it, as most of the
information out there appears to be targetted at production level
sites rather than more hobbyist fair. Suffice to say, I got to a point
last night and ordered the book...

Regards, Mark.

toby

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Oct 22, 2009, 9:59:04 AM10/22/09

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I was specifically referring to the restoration of the 11/750, but
it's all good. :)