[Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 3/13/20 8:17 AM, Ray Jewhurst wrote:
> 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.
The ISO at winworldpc works great, as does the SimH VAXstation-II/GPX 
emulator. 5.5-2H4 DECwindows logon with the blue logo still looks cool!
VAX VMS 5.5-2H4 login screen



> Ray
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 10:12 PM Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net 
> <mailto: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>
>>     <mailto:supratim at riseup.net>
>>     *Sent:* March 12, 2020 6:53 PM
>>     *To:* Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at hotmail.com>
>>     <mailto:dgahling at hotmail.com>
>>     *Cc:* Alexander Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.ch>
>>     <mailto:als at thangorodrim.ch>; Gary Lee Phillips
>>     <tivo.overo at gmail.com> <mailto:tivo.overo at gmail.com>;
>>     simh at trailing-edge.com <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com>
>>     <simh at trailing-edge.com> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto:dgahling at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>     {redacted due to horrific font}
>>>
>>>     Dan
>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     *From:* Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com
>>>     <mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com>> on behalf of Alexander
>>>     Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.ch <mailto:als at thangorodrim.ch>>
>>>     *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52:49 PM
>>>     *To:* Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.overo at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:tivo.overo at gmail.com>>
>>>     *Cc:* simh at trailing-edge.com <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com>
>>>     <simh at trailing-edge.com <mailto: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.
>>>     -- 
>>>     "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in
>>>     overalls and
>>>      looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
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>     -- 
>     Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT
>     39.19151 N, 77.23432 W
>     QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet
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