DECUServe On-Line
DECUServe on-line is
- not and never has been Encompasserve
- Where the like-minded congregate and consulting is pro bono
- Invaluable archived knowledge base of problems and solutions provided
by members
(spanning different platforms, product lines, manuals) - Over fifty technical conferences with thousands of technical topic streams
- Supportive environment encouraging varying levels of technical expertise
- Peer-to-peer networking opportunities
- Large signal-to-noise ratio
- Command-line, browser (read-only) and newsreader access to Notes Conferences
- Library access (previously via anonymous FTP) with disk locations
- At www.decus.org and eisner.decus.org with the Wayback Machine
DECUServe subscriber benefits
- Fully participate in conferences – ask questions – provide answers
- Personal web pages
- Email via IMAP, POP, soyMAIL
- System access via SSH
File system access via SFTP
NOTE: see SSH link!
System access via DCLinabox - OpenVMS Hobbyist Licensing
DECUServe registration
- To register for DECUServe
⁃at a Unix-like command-line
ssh -l REGISTRATION -p 22 decuserve.org
when prompted supply an empty password (just hit [return])
then follow the bouncing ball…
⁃using an SSH app such as PuTTY connect to decuserve.org port 22
login with username REGISTRATION
when prompted supply an empty password (just hit [return])
then follow the bouncing ball…
⁃ similar applies to the INFORMATION and PROBLEMS accounts - Alternatively this may be done in-browser using DCLinabox