Ian Primus declared on Saturday 29 November 2003 10:44 pm:
> On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 10:20 PM, Graham Toal wrote:
> > I thought that once I had the licence, and simh built and installed
> > on a dedicated machine, that it would be easy to download a .iso
> > image and get started. No such luck! From what I can tell the
> > only way to get the VMS code is to buy the $30 CD?
>
> Hmm, this is something I'd like to find out too. I got ahold of an
> older VAXStation (functional status unknown), and I was planning on
> getting an OpenVMS hobbyist license for it once I got a monitor
> rigged up and verify that it works. How does the whole licensing
> system work, anyway? I've read the FAQ, and I'm not sure how one is
> supposed to get ahold of the actual _software_. I just assumed that
> they had some sort of a server that they would point you to when you
> registered for the license.
>From what I understand, you can 1) buy a copy from somewhere like
Montagar that sells copies for $30, 2) use a copy you have from
somewhere else (already installed or ebay, for example), or 3) get a
copy from a "friend."
If you guys contact me off-list I might be able to help you out with
getting you media.
Pat
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Received on Sat Nov 29 2003 - 22:42:41 GMT