OpenVMS 9.2 for x86 is lastly out there for hobbyists!
OpenVMS x86 is now out there for (most) hobbyists! Virtually a yr after the official release most hobbyists can now login to the Service Portal to obtain their copy of OpenVMS 9.2 for x86, X86E921OE.ZIP and the PAK (license) recordsdata (x86community-20240401.zip), legitimate till April 2024.
You can read all my OpenVMS articles here.
OpenVMS 9.2 for Hobbyists
That is only a fast weblog publish to inform individuals of the supply for hobbyists
registered within the VMS Software program INC program. I obtained an electronic mail from one other
hobbyist notifying me of the discharge and the place to obtain it, utilizing my current
credentials for the hobbyist program:
Hey,
Letting you already know, from one hobbyist to a different, that VSI has began rolling
out OpenVMS for hobbyists slowly. You needn’t re-register from the
Neighborhood license web site if in case you have a license for Alpha/Integrity already,
however in case you did not get an electronic mail but (they’re releasing it out in batches) you
can attempt to log in manually in https://sp.vmssoftware.com (sure, they shifted
the group program into the Service Platform for downloads as nicely.
Hooray, no extra sluggish SFTP downloads!) Strive the e-mail you used to enter an
Alpha/Integrity group license. If it says “invalid password”, reset your
password and you need to be capable to get in early (labored for me, though I
did not get the e-mail but). If it says that your consumer cannot be discovered, look ahead to
an electronic mail. Cheers!
I’ve downloaded the C++ compiler and the OpenVMS WEBUI, cannot wait to
get began. Count on extra posts on OpenVMS x86 on this website sooner or later!
Here’s a screenshot of the downloads out there:
No XSAVE instruction out there
I am not in a position to present a full information proper now, however my set up fails
resulting from Hyper-V being lively and Virtualbox / OpenVMS not liking that:
Evidently disabling Hyper-V resolves this error, however disabling it
makes WSL (Home windows subsystem for Linux) not work anymore, which I do require
for work-related duties.
Will publish an replace quickly although!
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