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Call me when they free it.
by leandrod 10y ago
Call me when they free it.
- laurentdc 10y agoWhy? Not everything is free and open source. In fact, most of the operating systems used outside the "general-purpose" Linux realm are not (e.g. OS400, z/OS, z/TPF, AIX, Solaris, NonStop, QNX, vxWorks... even Windows Server). That said, if you're really interested, HP offers free hobbyist licenses for non-commercial use of OpenVMS, with access to the OS and compilers and usable on real hardware or SIMH.
- auvi 10y agoCould you please send me the link where it says that I can get the hobbyist license. I want to give it a try.
- laurentdc 10y agoSure: https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 Last time I tried (few years ago) I was contacted via email by an HP guy who asked me what architectures I needed licenses for, and then sent me a private FTP login to download all the files. Some links to get you started: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/23 http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/23 https://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html https://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html If you want to emulate on SIMH I suggest you compile the latest from source (it's on GitHub).
- dboreham 10y agoI got licenses for my MicroVAXen some years ago. I haven't powered either of them on in a long time though...
- jim02672 10y agoFYI, hobbyist licenses expire after a year. You'll have to get new ones. Still free.
- krylon 10y agoThere was a project to reimplement OpenVMS under the GPL, http://www.freevms.net/ http://www.freevms.net/ - I think the project has stagnated, though, the last commit in their git tree seems to have happened about two years ago.