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Nobody's sold new VAX systems since the 90s. VMS was ported first to the DEC Alpha architecture, then to Itanium, so even for VMS, VAX is two architectures ago.
by therealcamino 3y ago
Nobody's sold new VAX systems since the 90s. VMS was ported first to the DEC Alpha architecture, then to Itanium, so even for VMS, VAX is two architectures ago.
And Itanium itself is at the end of the road now, but I think still supported for the moment.
- fredoralive 3y agoA couple of years ago HPE sold VMS to VMS Software Inc, who have ported it to x86-64. So it’s three architectures ago. The VAX version apparently wasn’t included in the deal (to the chagrin of hobbyists, as they can’t get a legally licensed version of VAX VMS anymore), which perhaps shows how relevant it is to modern VMS customers.
- dcminter 3y agoAs I understand it it is part of the deal - but VMS Software need to make a full release for an architecture before they can license it - and Vax is clearly not worth the effort. Sucks for me as I have an old VaxStation lined up for some spare time messing about :( Incidentally HP themselves can and (I think) do sell and transfer licenses, but that's expensive and even then reputed to be hard to arrange as VMS is so obscure within the org. Definitely no hobbyist licenses though.