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So now it is time to "Linux" VMS? Is it possible to do this?
by waspentalive 6y ago
So now it is time to "Linux" VMS? Is it possible to do this?
- alxlaz 6y agoA long, long time ago, there was a project called FreeVMS which aimed to do that. Sadly, it didn't get much further than booting. Edit: https://github.com/rroart/freevms https://github.com/rroart/freevms . It's definitely not big and professional like OpenVMS :-)
- wazoox 6y agoAh, looks like a fork of my friend jkb's work. Used to live on frevms.net, nowadays squatted. ( see https://web.archive.org/web/20110310093558/http://www.freevms.net/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110310093558/http://www.freevm... ).
- alxlaz 6y agoYeah -- when I saw a redesigned website at freevms.net, my heart skipped a beat, I thought FreeVMS might still be alive. I couldn't track jkb's original tree anymore and figured I'd link to that Github project instead, as it had a few additional commits and, thus, a higher chance of running on more recent emulators.
- wazoox 6y agoI'll send him a direct email and keep you informed. Stay tuned :) update : The reply was: He started a rewrite on L4, but it was too much for one lone guy; he could start it all again if some want to participate.
- alxlaz 6y agoOpenVMS has an enduring fan base -- maybe who knows enough to make meaningful contributions is reading this!
- wazoox 6y agoFirst, the code around the L4 kernel (Pistachio) is still available. I've cloned it to github here so as to not overload jkb's personal server (still in the origin): https://github.com/wazoox/FreeVMS https://github.com/wazoox/FreeVMS What's missing: - L4 Pistachio is unsupported... - Memory management (VMS style) is to be implemented. - Drivers. The website is still online somewhere, I hope to know the URL soon :) I'll add it to the github README.