On 3/12/20 8:02 PM, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
AG-PXL1A-RE VMS2H4055 OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2H4 BIN CD 1/1 1993 August AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip <http://vaxhaven.com/cd-image/AG-PXL1A-RE.iso.zip>(64 Mb)


From: http://vaxhaven.com/CD_Image_Archive

and peruse the other one: http://mirrors.pdp-11.ru/_vax__/

hmmm. remarkable. thanks.


Dan

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*From:* Supratim Sanyal <[email protected]>
*Sent:* March 12, 2020 6:53 PM
*To:* Dan Gahlinger <[email protected]>
*Cc:* Alexander Schreiber <[email protected]>; Gary Lee Phillips <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> *Subject:* Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses
https://archive.org/details/VMS5.52VAX

I haven’t been able to find PAKs for it.


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On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Dan Gahlinger <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:


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Dan
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*From:* Simh <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Alexander Schreiber <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52:49 PM
*To:* Gary Lee Phillips <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> *Cc:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> *Subject:* Re: [Simh] HPE has started emailing the final hobbyist licenses
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:11:01AM -0500, Gary Lee Phillips wrote:
> Yes, just received mine from Hari. And yes, the key ends in 301 and does
> not contain the hobbyist number.

Well, the authorization code pretty clearly states what this license is:
the final hobbyist license, presumably minted in 2020-03-01.

So, on the one hand, it is basically not a personalized license. On the other hand, it expires on 2022-01-01 and is the final license, no more after that.

>
> I'm curious about the possibility of backing down to VMS 5.0 or 4.4 as a

There seem to be OpenVMS 5.5.2 ISOs floating around somewhere.

> long-term solution. Are there installation files or ISO available
> somewhere? I started with VMS back in the 80s using 4.4 on a VAX 8200 and a > MicroVAX II. It seems to me that the system was already pretty serviceable, > aside from the need for third party extensions to get TCP/IP in place of
> DECNet.
>

Kind regards,
          Alex.
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