Hi,
This is my first venture (or an attempt to venture) into the world of VMS.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Is there an emulator, etc to run OpenVMS on and where can I get it as
well as OpenVMS?
The one that immediately springs to mind is CHARON-VAX:
http://www.softresint.com/charon-vax/index.htm
I'm not sure if they do a hobbyist version though.
2) Does OpenVMS support the notion of shared libraries
(DLL to you windoze
users)...
VMS has had shared libraries for ever I think. They're EXEs that contain
your subroutines etc and they're linked in a different way to apps. After
that though you just add them into your link statement. You can also
INSTALL them which makes them memory resident and multi-user so every app
that needs access to them gets the memory copy rather than having to drag
its own copy off disk every time.
Surely you can get your hands on a small VAX like a 4000-60 or 3100 series
machine, then you can get the hobbyist VMS licenses and you're off.
--
adrian/witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UKs biggest home computer collection?