[rescue] VMS (was: Amsterdam)

Matthew Braun mjbraun at dkcs.com
Tue Jul 30 10:39:13 CDT 2002


> Message: 6
> From: George Adkins <george at webbastard.org>
> Organization: Webbastard.org
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] VMS (was: Amsterdam)
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:59:02 -0400
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>
> > > > (Seriously) Where would be the best place to get VMS for Alpha?
> > > > I have an AS600 I'd like to give it a try on.
> > > >
> > > > and how painfull is it getting it to speak TCP/IP?
> > >
> > > Ditto!  I have a 3000/300 I would love to get VMS onto..
> >
> > The place to get VMS for the Alpha is to get the hobbyist license.
> > This will set you back just about $100 supposedly.  <snip>
> >
> > But to be nice, visit here: http://www.encompassus.org/membership/ and
> > go on from there.
>
> So, is this "hobbyist license" node-locked, or single-cpu only,
> or two-user
> only, or otherwise crippled in some fashion?

You can get the free license, enabling you to order the hobbyist kit (for
around $30 IIRC). You don't get a full encompass membership (so no voting
rights or anything), but you can buy the software.

Look around for it on the site.

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