[HECnet] Re: Is there a copy of VMSfreeware on HECnet?

On Feb 22, 2026, at 17:38, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hehe, yup, Multinet‘s exactly what I’m trying to do, here. But the Multinet ZIP I have has bad attribs from passing thru other systems, so UNZIP can’t grok it and is telling me I have to set it to stream using some utility on the freeware cd (which I can’t unzip :). Hence the ask to copy it on HECnet so the file transfer doesn’t clobber the attribs and I can actually use it. If you can suggest some noob discs that have fun beginner stuff on them, I’m all ears! Would def dig getting curl, python, c, stuff like that since I’m of course a unix devotee by day… Haven’t used VAX/VMS since teen years when my college still had a 780, so am super rusty and don’t know anything about the advent of OpenVMS and all the modernizing porting of unix stuff, etc. Seems fun and exciting! We should do ‘real work’ like this using HECnet and make it awesome. And I guess we are! Maybe I should take notes in hopes of making a new user readme / tutorial / resources guide for HECnet _on HECnet_ :) thx! jake >> On Feb 22, 2026, at 17:20, Terri Kennedy <terri-hecnet(a)glaver.org> wrote: >> >> On 2026-02-22 17:06, Jacob Ritorto wrote: >> Hi, >> Just needing to install stuff to a freshly installed VAXstation >> that’s on HECnet and don’t have many other options for file transfer >> at the moment.. >> Is there a VMS Freeware CD shared anywhere? > > OTOH, if you need to copy files over HECnet, let me know what specific > disc(s) you want (not everything on earlier Freeware disks were on later > ones) and I'll mount them and give you a nodename and access info. > > I suggest you register for the MultiNet Hobbyist program here: > https://www.process.com/resources/openvms/hobbyist.html > > It will ask you for your Hobbyist PAK checksum, but it seems to happily > accept any properly-formatted checksums. Here's the one from the TSM free- > ware: 2-JNHH-HBDJ-KNDA-BKJH > > If you run into any problems, let me know and I'll pass them along. Once > you have a good TCP/IP stack running things will be a lot easier. > _______________________________________________ > HECnet mailing list -- hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se > To unsubscribe send an email to hecnet-leave(a)lists.dfupdate.se