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The most recent iteration involves a package of an Alpha image + a Windows based emulator: https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/ https://training.vmssoftwa
by ch_123 7y ago
The most recent iteration involves a package of an Alpha image + a Windows based emulator: https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/ https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/
It is trivial to run it with a Linux based emulator (if you have access to one, and they are not cheap/easy to do so) and it can probably be transferred to hardware with some creativity. However, the image comes bundled with licenses which expire after 6 months, and require you to download a new image...
- ChuckMcM 7y agoAs a collector of fine VAXen :-) I often watched Ebay for people selling "Condist" (Consolidated Distribution) sets. These were packets of CDs that contained the then current version of VMS and all of the layered products that DEC sold at the time. Often when buying a surplus VAX from the original owner they included the various authorization codes that they got with the system. Those generally would never expire and follow the system around.
- icedchai 7y agoan Alpha Emulator for Linux x86-64 is out there. This is a good guide: https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/installing-openvms-v8-4-2-on-alphavm-pt-1/ https://astr0baby.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/installing-openvm...
- ch_123 7y agoThe guy (technically company, but as far as I know, it's one guy) discontinued the free availability of that emulator since it was eating into his commercial business, as such, I would be reluctant to recommend to link people to old copies of it. On the other hand, I have that software set up on a machine from a time before his change of policy, and I've been able to use that machine to run this new Hobbyist package under Linux.