27 Nov
2025
27 Nov
'25
10:51 a.m.
V5 introduced the license manager so anything after VMS V4.7 usually required a license
PAK.
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 27, 2025, at 08:45, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Ok, started playing with the SIMH vax8600 simulator and OpenVMS 7.3
Hobbyist.
I know they discontinued the hobbyist license program years ago, but does
one actually need a license to run it? Or would an older version like 5.x
or something be better? The OpenVMS community license is only for Alpha,
Itanium and some x86_64 architectures so I'm sure that wouldn't work in a
simulated VAX?
- Peter