openvms... another question

From: Kevin Handy <kth_at_srv.net>
Date: Wed May 21 10:20:48 2003

Jay West wrote:

>Ok, I know NOTHING about openVMS. However, this just came up...
>
>A friend of a friend offered me what he says is a complete set of OpenVMS
>media. No manuals, just the media.
>
>
The VMS manuals are online at dec^H^H^Hcompaq^H^H^H^H^H^HHP's
web site.

>Several questions:
>
>>From what I understand, isn't there some type of hobbyist free license for
>openvms? If so, not sure why I should grab the media from him if I can just
>download it. Or is there a value to getting the media from him, as to it
>giving me the ability to purchase a license transfer or something... in
>short, is there a special reason getting "real" media is desirable?
>
The licenses are available for hobbyest use, but not the media.
You need to be a decus member to get them.
You need both, so grab them.

>
>Lastly... he said it runs on vax's and pdp's. Not sure if he knows what he's
>talking about, so I'll ask here. Could this run on my 11/44?
>
>
>
VMS will NOT run on a PDP-11. At least not without massive changes
to the CPU (add all the VAX instructions, and remove the PDP-11 ones).
Received on Wed May 21 2003 - 10:20:48 BST