[Simh] Opting not to re-invent the wheel re: DG MV-series SimH emulator, if possible

[Bruce Ray]

G'day Jim -

As many on this list know, creating definitive legal agreement(s), 
policies and procedures takes much longer than anybody expects or hopes. 
  This can be even more frustrating and time-consuming when one party's 
business structure is changing (i.e. EMC).  But the end goal has not 
changed - creating a convenient, accessible way to access DG legacy 
software for personal educational, non-commercial purposes.

If there is a compelling, irrational interest ;-) on an individual basis 
for running DG software 'in the cloud', please contact me off-list...

Bruce


On 5/12/2016 3:50 PM, jimjohnson at fastmail.net wrote:
> Greetings Bruce,
>
> Well, 4 years have gone by since I seriously poked at the idea of collaborating with other members of the SimH discussion group to develop a DG MV-series emulator.
>
> I poked around at your company's website and learned that you guys had already developed one some 12 years ago: your eMV software!
>
> My goal is to run a MV system again as OP and write programs loaded with system calls to my heart's content!  No flavor of UNIX matches up to the capabilities of AOS/VS II!
>
> My questions initially are few:
>
> What is the cost of a license for your eMV/Enterprise edition? My thought is to allow hobbyists to be able to login to play around with the O/S and writing their own programs, if feasible.
>
> What is EMC's current position on licensing out new copies of (the old) O/S's, languages, etc?
>
>
> Thanks so much for your help!
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012, at 02:45 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> (message bounced from SimH group...)
>>
>> G'day Jim (and the rest of the SimH group) -
>>
>> Although legacy software legal agreements sometime take [much] longer
>> than anybody anticipates, I expect the outstanding items to be addressed
>> this year.  I will post information on this e.group as it becomes
>> definitive...
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/15/2012 2:52 PM, jimjohnson at fastmail.net wrote:
>>> Dear Mr. Ray,
>>> Interest has resurfaced (again) in developing a Simh DG emulator to run
>>> AOS/VS (II) and related software.
>>> I'm interested in approaching this project, but realize the futility of
>>> developing an emulator for which there's no software to run on it.
>>> I located a Simh post of yours from 2004 in which you discuss EMC's
>>> dogged position against releasing Data General software to the
>>> educational/hobbyist market.
>>> Do you have any current information as to EMC's position on this matter?
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>> Jim Johnson