On 4/28/19 3:55 PM, Ray Jewhurst via cctalk wrote:
I am new to the list and would like to introduce myself. I am a computer history buff who especially likes DEC machines.
Welcome.
I unfortunately don't own any hardware but I use Simh on a daily basis. I would like to start off with a question. I see that Bitsavers has a copy of VMS 1.5 and wanted to know if anyone got it working with the Vax 780 simulator?
I've not messed with VMS 1.5 on anything. But I have gotten OpenVMS 7.3 (memory?) to work in Simh quite happily.
If you join a DECUS (?) user group, you can legally get a hobbyist license to run the latest VAX / Alpha OpenVMS on multiple systems for free. Seeing as how easy it is to do, I encourage people to legally obtain licenses and download install media (images) from HPE directly.
IMHO the OpenVMS hobbyist program is very nice and we want to keep it around.
I hope to learn a lot from this group.
I know I have. I bet that most people can. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
