On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Johnny Billquist wrote: But I seem to remember that it wasn't that difficult to get it running. I think there is a script you run to set things up, and after you've run that, you're basically set. I think the Hobbyist site has a couple doc's, one for VAX and one for Alpha. Really it's a piece of cake. I find a VMS install to typically be easier than a Windows install. But I know I'm very vague here. Better to wait for someone else to answer, perhaps. I know myself around VMS, and have been working with it on and off for over 20 years, but I'm really more familiar with RSX these days, and have to experiment a bit every time I set down with VMS before I remember how you're supposed to do it there. :-) I assume the OP is planning on using SIMH? Other questions would revolve around what version of VMS he has. Depending on the time of install kit, it may or may not include the networking install kits. One such example is the Hobbyist V1 CD-ROM, which does not include DECnet or UCX (TCP/IP) install kits. Zane