Take it easy and RTFM.
Peace... Sridhar
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Thompson Family wrote:
> take me off this fucking list
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Freiherr" <Andreas.Freiherr_at_Vishay.com>
> To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: openvms... another question
>
>
> > Jay,
> >
> > you didn't see a lot of messages from me recently because I am pretty
> > busy with my job, which is OpenVMS support, mostly for European sites of
> > the company I am working for.
> >
> > I don't think you can download everything that is on "official" VMS
> > media. Even if you could, you would need some bandwidth and/or time: the
> > VMS kit V7.2-1 (granted, my copy is for Alpha, not for VAX processors)
> > is one CD for the O/S, another for the firmware (which would not be
> > required for a VAX), one for documentation, and two for layered products.
> >
> > There is a separate kit, called the "Software Products Library" and
> > "Online Documentation Library", which consists of 18 (eighteen!) CDs. If
> > that's what you were offered, you'll certainly prefer pickup over
> download.
> >
> > As the "documentation" in the kit or CD descriptions implies, you may
> > not need manuals after you have the CDs.
> >
> > And, definitely no, VMS does not run on PDPs. You can currently buy it
> > for VAX or Alpha architectures (the latter now also being on-topic), and
> > a port to Itanium is on its way (first booted in last January). VMS
> > does, however, have a design that is based on and closely related to
> > RSX-11M, an operating system for PDP-11s.
> >
> > Hope that helps!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any enlightenment!
> > >
> > > Jay West
> >
> > --
> > Andreas Freiherr
> > Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
> > http://www.vishay.com
Received on Fri May 23 2003 - 20:53:40 BST