[Info-vax] DECUServe is a Hobbyist Chapter

[Bob Koehler]

In article <_qGEm.72948$ua.4190 at en-nntp-05.dc1.easynews.com>, "Dale E. Coy" <daleecoy at obfuscation.yahoo.net> writes:
> 
> In the very early days of DECUServe (~~ 22 years ago), membership in DECUS 
> US Chapter was required.  I don't remember DECUS US membership costing 
> anything, but perhaps DECUServe was a separate charge.

   DECUS was free as far back as I recall, but I only got into it in
   about '82 or so.  DECUServe was a separate cost when it came around.

   When I joined DECUS you could have as many non-voting members as you
   wanted, but only one voting member per CPU.  That limitiation went
   away to deal with the difference between the number of members a
   PDP 11/23 could represent vs. the number of users a VAX 8650 series 
   could represent (long before the VAX 9000).

   IIRC, to enforce the limitation DECUS required the serial number of
   the system associated with each voting member.