Hi
 Actually, thats not quite correct. OpenVMS has a hobby license that is
absolutely free.

http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist

There is a media charge (30$ USD) but thats it. I have used this and am
running openvms downstairs on my 300LX

Chris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Torsten Harenberg" <harenberg@physik.uni-wuppertal.de>
To: "Pierre Emmanuel Brinette" <brinette@hrnet.fr>
Cc: <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: where to find openvms ?


> On Thu, 15 May 2003, Pierre Emmanuel Brinette wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >   I want to try OpenVMS on my AXPPci33 for test purpose only. Anyone
know if
> > there is some old release that could be downloaded freely ?
>
> Hi Pierre,
>
> I would be very surprised if there would be any version of OpenVMS freely
> available. At least we payed quite a lot of bucks for it :(.
>
> But there is a RedHat Linux avaible for alphas. Maybe this fit you needs.
> Have a look at
>
> http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-8.html
>
> for a discussion about your hardware. The RedHat distribution (with some
> fixes done by HP) is avaible for download at
>
> http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/redhat/
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Torsten
>
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