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<td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em">AG-PXL1A-RE</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em">OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2H4 BIN CD 1/1</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://vaxhaven.com/cd-image/AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 15px">AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip</a><span> </span>(64
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<div>and peruse the other one: <a href="http://mirrors.pdp-11.ru/_vax__/" id="LPlnk598934">http://mirrors.pdp-11.ru/_vax__/</a></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Supratim Sanyal <supratim@riseup.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> March 12, 2020 6:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dan Gahlinger <dgahling@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alexander Schreiber <als@thangorodrim.ch>; Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.overo@gmail.com>; simh@trailing-edge.com <simh@trailing-edge.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses</font>
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<div>I haven’t been able to find PAKs for it.<br>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">QCOCAL::SANYAL via <a href="http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html">HECnet</a></span></div>
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On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Dan Gahlinger <<a href="mailto:dgahling@hotmail.com">dgahling@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Simh <<a href="mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com">simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com</a>> on behalf of Alexander Schreiber <<a href="mailto:als@thangorodrim.ch">als@thangorodrim.ch</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gary Lee Phillips <<a href="mailto:tivo.overo@gmail.com">tivo.overo@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com">simh@trailing-edge.com</a> <<a href="mailto:simh@trailing-edge.com">simh@trailing-edge.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses</font>
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<div class="x_PlainText">On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:11:01AM -0500, Gary Lee Phillips wrote:<br>
> Yes, just received mine from Hari. And yes, the key ends in 301 and does<br>
> not contain the hobbyist number.<br>
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Well, the authorization code pretty clearly states what this license is:<br>
the final hobbyist license, presumably minted in 2020-03-01.<br>
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So, on the one hand, it is basically not a personalized license. On the other<br>
hand, it expires on 2022-01-01 and is the final license, no more after that.<br>
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> I'm curious about the possibility of backing down to VMS 5.0 or 4.4 as a<br>
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There seem to be OpenVMS 5.5.2 ISOs floating around somewhere.<br>
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> long-term solution. Are there installation files or ISO available<br>
> somewhere? I started with VMS back in the 80s using 4.4 on a VAX 8200 and a<br>
> MicroVAX II. It seems to me that the system was already pretty serviceable,<br>
> aside from the need for third party extensions to get TCP/IP in place of<br>
> DECNet.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Alex.<br>
-- <br>
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and<br>
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison<br>
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