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Creator:	Digital Equipment Corporation
This Version:	7.3 (for VAX); 8.4 (for Alpha and Itanium); 9.2 (for x86)

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VMS is a high-end, secure, multi-tasking operating system written by Digital Equipment Corporation and currently actively maintained by VMS Software, Inc. (VSI).

It runs on the VAX, Alpha, Itanium, and x86 platforms. Beginning with VMS V5.5, the OS was renamed to OpenVMS.

VMS has been ported to x86 by VMS Software, Inc..

Supported machines/architectures (by example)

Version	Machines
VAX/VMS V1.0	VAX-11/780
VAX/VMS V2.0	VAX-11/750
VAX/VMS V3.0	VAX-11/730
VAX/VMS V4.0	VAX 8600
MicroVMS V4.0	MicroVAX I / MicroVAX II
VAX/VMS V5.0-2A	VAX 6000
OpenVMS AXP V1.0	Alpha
OpenVMS V8.0	Itanium
OpenVMS V9.0	x86

Emulation

VMS and OpenVMS can be run on SIMH's VAX simulators. OpenVMS can also run on ES 40 Emulator which will run the Alpha version. Although VMS is still a commercial operating system, just like many varieties of commercial UNIX and Windows, VMS Software, Inc. (which is the current owner of most of DEC's assets) has a hobbyist program which allows licenses to be obtained for non-commercial uses for the Alpha, Itanium, and x86 platforms.

There are currently no known hobbyist licenses for OpenVMS/VAX versions V5.x and higher.

See the following:

* http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html

External links

VSI OpenVMS Wiki
OpenVMS release history (via Wayback machine).
VSI OpenVMS Support Roadmap
VAX/VMS Versions - "which VMS versions are supported on which CPUs"

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 | name = VMS
 | creator = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
-| current version = 7.3 (for VAX)<br/>8.3 (for Alpha and Itanium)
+| current version = 7.3 (for VAX)<br/>8.4 (for Alpha and Itanium)<br/>9.2 (for x86)
 }}
-'''VMS ''' is a high-end, secure, [[multi-tasking]] [[operating system]] written by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] and currently actively maintained by [[Hewlett Packard]].
+'''VMS ''' is a high-end, secure, [[multi-tasking]] [[operating system]] written by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] and currently actively maintained by [[VMS Software, Inc.]] (VSI).
-It runs on the [[VAX]], [[Alpha]], and Itanium platforms. As of the [[Alpha]] platform, the OS was redubbed 'OpenVMS'. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170825003059/http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.txt OpenVMS release history (via Wayback machine)].
+It runs on the [[VAX]], [[Alpha]], [[Itanium]], and [[Intel x86|x86]] platforms. Beginning with '''VMS''' V5.5, the OS was renamed to '''OpenVMS'''.
+'''VMS ''' has been ported to x86 by VMS Software, Inc..
+==Supported machines/architectures (by example)==
+{| class="wikitable
+| Version
+| Machines
+|-
+| VAX/VMS V1.0
+| [[VAX-11/780]]
+|-
+| VAX/VMS V2.0
+| [[VAX-11/750]]
+|-
+| VAX/VMS V3.0
+| [[VAX-11/730]]
+|-
+| VAX/VMS V4.0
+| [[VAX 8600]]
+|-
+| [[MicroVMS]] V4.0
+| [[MicroVAX I]] / [[MicroVAX II]]
+|-
+| VAX/VMS V5.0-2A
+| [[VAX 6000 series|VAX 6000]]
+|-
+| OpenVMS AXP V1.0
+| [[Alpha]]
+|-
+| OpenVMS V8.0
+| [[Itanium]]
+|-
+| OpenVMS V9.0
+| [[x86]]
+|}
 ==Emulation==
-VMS and OpenVMS can be run on [[SIMH]]'s VAX emulation.  OpenVMS can also run on [[ES 40 Emulator]] which will run the Alpha version.  Although VMS is still a commercial operating system, just like many varieties of commercial [[UNIX]] and [[Windows]], HP (which is the current owner of [[DEC]]'s assets) has a hobbyist program which allows licenses to be obtained for non-commercial uses. See the following:
+VMS and OpenVMS can be run on [[SIMH]]'s VAX simulators.  OpenVMS can also run on [[ES 40 Emulator]] which will run the Alpha version.  Although VMS is still a commercial operating system, just like many varieties of commercial [[UNIX]] and [[Windows]], VMS Software, Inc. (which is the current owner of most of DEC's assets) has a hobbyist program which allows licenses to be obtained for non-commercial uses for the Alpha, Itanium, and x86 platforms.
+There are currently no known hobbyist licenses for OpenVMS/VAX versions V5.x and higher.
+See the following:
- * http://www.openvmshobbyist.org/
   * http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html
- * http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/
-==See Also==
+==See also==
-[[:Category:VMS Practical Guides|VMS Practical Guides]]
+* [[Installing VMS V1.0 on SIMH]]
+* [[Customizing VMS V1.0‎‎]]
+* [[:Category:VMS Practical Guides|VMS Practical Guides]]
+* [[VAXcluster]]
+* [[ODS2]]
+* [[THE VAXORCIST|Upgrade horror story: Literally.]]
+==External links==
+* [https://wiki.vmssoftware.com/Main_Page VSI OpenVMS Wiki]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170825003059/http://h41379.www4.hpe.com/openvms/os/openvms-release-history.txt OpenVMS release history] (via Wayback machine).
+* [https://vmssoftware.com/about/roadmap/#vms-software-support-roadmap VSI OpenVMS Support Roadmap]
+* [http://www.vaxarchive.org/hardware/vms-hw.html VAX/VMS Versions] - "which VMS versions are supported on which CPUs"
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 [[Category: DEC Operating Systems]]
+[[Category: VAX Operating Systems]]
+[[Category: VMS]]

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Creator:	Digital Equipment Corporation
This Version:	7.3 (for VAX) 8.4 (for Alpha and Itanium) 9.2 (for x86)