[Simh] Newbie questions about VMS for VAX

[Mike Stramba]

And another note:

If you sign up with decusrve you can also sign up for a free VMS
account on their real-hardware VMS system.


It's been "awhile" since I've logged in there, so I don't remember
what version / hw they are running.

Mike

On 5/6/20, Bob Eager <rde at tavi.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 May 2020 21:56:58 +0100
> "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > 2. About the versions of (Open)VMS. As I understand, 7.3 is the
>> > newest version for VAX, and it's still rather old, but I'm okay
>> > with that, and possibly with even older versions. Does the HPE
>> > hobbyist program license older versions than 7.3 for the VAX? Do
>> > all versions require licenses? There are various old VMS versions
>> > circulating over the Internet, are they any good?
>>
>>
>> HPE will if you ask, send you a link to 7.3 if you ask. Whilst 7.3 is
>> old its pretty good. If you ask they will send you Alpha & VAX
>> licences.
>
> Which unfortunately expire at the end of 2021. We hope this will be
> fixed somehow.
>
>> There are later version of VMS for Alpha. There are some
>> Alpha emulators about but not as good as the alpha emulators..
>
> ITYM 'VAX' ?
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