Re: vms

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:40:52PM -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote:
>     That's a great site. With emulators *nix and windows. So I can run the
> vax version of bsd and not just the i386 one. Is there any VMS that is free
> or open source or does it have to be bought from HP?

DEC used to provide free hobbyist licenses and make media available
for a small fee. Compaq grudgingly sustained the program. HP has
renamed DECUS to ENCOMPASS, but in theory it still exists. You may
have a chore getting vax media out of them though.

IMO you'll be better off with a BSD.

/Hugh

> 
> Bill