@timhadley It looks like the hobbyist program is back, even. https://www.openvmshobbyist.com/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=10&thread_id=2363 Takes a fair bit of digging but there it is.

My boss in the 90s was an old DEC fan. Told me many stories of how good #DECnet and #VMScluster was. I owned a 600MHz 21164a Alpha in the late 90s myself, but only ever ran Linux on the thing. I still have it in my attic; it was the most expensive computer I've ever purchased and I can't quite let go of it, despite my Raspberry Pi being more powerful now 🙂