18 Oct
2008
18 Oct
'08
12:19 p.m.
Thanks to those who responded publicly and privately to my request for information.
It appears that OpenGenera, the port of Genera to the Alpha running Tru64, is the quickest
way to gain exposure to the operating system. (Which is why you'll notice my previous
messages concerning one of my misbehaving Alphas. The other is running OpenVMS 8.3 -- no
touch!) Will try to get my hands on a copy.
The hardware -- i.e. a real Symbolics computer or alternatively an Alpha or a Mac with the
necessary hard or software -- can be had from the source (David Schimdt) but it's not
cheap and he's based in Virginia. Which is not to say that it's not an interesting
offer -- I just need to try the OS first!
- Alex