My first Internet access was from a VMS system at UCT (the legendary uctvax.uct.ac.za), so I’ve always had a soft spot for it. I’m still in the process of trying to get myself a small VAX or Alpha machine to get VMS installed at home, but in the meantime I’ve dug up two sources of free shell accounts:

Check ‘em out and see what Dave Cutler is really capable of… (no, Windows NT doesn’t count).