[Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses

[Ray Jewhurst]

5.5-2H4 still requires a  PAK and also I have never been able to get that
specific image (from VAXHaven) to work but the TK50 version works fine.

Ray

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 10:12 PM Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net> wrote:

>
> On 3/12/20 8:02 PM, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
>
> AG-PXL1A-RE VMS2H4055 OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2H4 BIN CD 1/1 1993 August
> AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip <http://vaxhaven.com/cd-image/AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip> (64
> Mb)
>
> From:  http://vaxhaven.com/CD_Image_Archive
>
> and peruse the other one: http://mirrors.pdp-11.ru/_vax__/
>
> hmmm. remarkable. thanks.
>
>
> Dan
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net> <supratim at riseup.net>
> *Sent:* March 12, 2020 6:53 PM
> *To:* Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> <dgahling at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* Alexander Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.ch> <als at thangorodrim.ch>;
> Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.overo at gmail.com> <tivo.overo at gmail.com>;
> simh at trailing-edge.com <simh at trailing-edge.com> <simh at trailing-edge.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses
>
> https://archive.org/details/VMS5.52VAX
>
> I haven’t been able to find PAKs for it.
>
>
> ---
> Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT
> 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W
> QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet <http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html>
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> {redacted due to horrific font}
>
> Dan
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Alexander
> Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.ch>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52:49 PM
> *To:* Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.overo at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* simh at trailing-edge.com <simh at trailing-edge.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:11:01AM -0500, Gary Lee Phillips wrote:
> > Yes, just received mine from Hari. And yes, the key ends in 301 and does
> > not contain the hobbyist number.
>
> Well, the authorization code pretty clearly states what this license is:
> the final hobbyist license, presumably minted in 2020-03-01.
>
> So, on the one hand, it is basically not a personalized license. On the
> other
> hand, it expires on 2022-01-01 and is the final license, no more after
> that.
>
> >
> > I'm curious about the possibility of backing down to VMS 5.0 or 4.4 as a
>
> There seem to be OpenVMS 5.5.2 ISOs floating around somewhere.
>
> > long-term solution. Are there installation files or ISO available
> > somewhere? I started with VMS back in the 80s using 4.4 on a VAX 8200
> and a
> > MicroVAX II. It seems to me that the system was already pretty
> serviceable,
> > aside from the need for third party extensions to get TCP/IP in place of
> > DECNet.
> >
>
> Kind regards,
>           Alex.
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