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VMS and OpenVMS can be run on [[SIMH]]'s VAX emulation.  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:
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VMS and OpenVMS can be run on [[SIMH]]'s VAX emulation.  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:
  
 
  * http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html
 
  * http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html

Revision as of 18:17, 2 January 2008


VMS
Creator: Digital Equipment Corporation
This Version: 7.3 (for VAX)
8.3 (for Alpha and Itanium)

VMS is a high-end, secure, multitasking operating system written by Digital Equipment Corporation and currently actively maintained by Hewlett Packard.

It runs on the VAX, Alpha, and Itanium platforms.

Emulation

VMS and OpenVMS can be run on SIMH's VAX emulation. 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:

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

See Also

VMS Practical Guides