Subject: Re: where to find openvms ?
To: Chris Rupnik <crupnik@videotron.ca>
From: Pierre Emmanuel Brinette <brinette@hrnet.fr>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/16/2003 13:04:50
Hello,

Should it works on the Noname (AxpPci33) whith a 3com NIC and a VGA Pci
adapter ?

Is there an European OpenVMS hobby group that sell this license ?

Thanks.

Pierre-Emmanuel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Rupnik" <crupnik@videotron.ca>
To: "Torsten Harenberg" <harenberg@physik.uni-wuppertal.de>; "Pierre
Emmanuel Brinette" <brinette@hrnet.fr>
Cc: <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: where to find openvms ?


> 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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