FreeVMS

Why not just get a VAX (or two or three?) Peace... Sridhar On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Ron Hudson wrote: > Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:51:27 -0800 > From: Ron Hudson <rhudson(a)cnonline.net> > Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: FreeVMS > > I for one, would LOVE to run a VMS look alike on my > i386 machine (or at least one of my spare machines...) > It would bring back younger days when I was an op on several > vaxen. (also some dg and some apollo) > > please please please!!! : ^ ) > > > > Matthew Sell wrote: > > > > > > > I know I'm going to open up a can of worms on this post, but my > > curiosity is killing me.... > > > > > > Now that I have OpenVMS 6.1 running on my VAX 4000, I'm curious about > > the status of the various "FreeVMS" projects that are in progress (or so > > it would seem....). > > > > Are any of these projects really in active development? Which projects > > have the greatest potential for operation? I checked several sites > > related to "FreeVMS", which actually seems to be a common name for > > several different projects with different goals. > > > > I'd love to "cut my teeth" with kernel development after working with > > Linux for several years. I personally think it would be neat to have an > > accurate version of FreeVMS that would work on VAX, AXP, and i386 > > (gulp!). When I say accurate, I mean that FreeVMS would respond the same > > as VMS would for the various commands and peripherals. > > > > Some of you probably think it would be silly to take an i386 version of > > FreeVMS and port it "back" to VAX and AXP, but it would be a neat way to > > use FreeVMS, especially if the OpenVMS hobbyist program (or OpenVMS) > > were to go away. > > > > Nuts? Probably. Neat? Yes! > > > > Here are links to the various FreeVMS projects I have visited: > > > > http://www.panix.com/~kingdon/free-vms.html > > http://www.freevms.org/ > > http://www.djesys.com/vms/freevms/ > > > > > > - Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew Sell > > Programmer > > On Time Support, Inc. > > www.ontimesupport.com > > (281) 296-6066 > > > > Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! > > http://www.ontimesupport.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi > > > > > > "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad > > "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler > > > > Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er... > >