[Info-vax] MicroVAX/VMS newbie, couple of questions

[R.A.Omond]

Tone007 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I picked up a MicroVAX 3400 system running VMS 5.4 a few weeks ago and
> spent some time figuring out the basics (quite a bit of a learning
> curve) and getting it running and online with a copy of CMUIP I found
> floating around.  I've gotten it telnettable and FTPable (thanks to
> CMUIP including those,) but I'm wondering if there's a simple HTTP
> server around that'd run on 5.4.  I saw one that works with DECthreads
> (on VMS 5.5+ I guess?) but I haven't tried it since I don't see that
> it's supposed to be compatible.  Obviously a newer version of VMS
> might make things easier for me, unfortunately it's a DSSI system and
> the only media it'll take is a tape, and I'm not even sure the tape
> drive is working (no tapes to test with.)

Tone007, please tell us where you are geographically located.  There
may be someone close to you who might be able to help you getting a
more recent version of VMS installed.

Also, please check out the VMS Hobbyist Portal at:

http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/news.php