V5 introduced the license manager so anything after VMS V4.7 usually required a license PAK.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2025, at 08:45, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok, started playing with the SIMH vax8600 simulator and OpenVMS 7.3 > Hobbyist. > I know they discontinued the hobbyist license program years ago, but does > one actually need a license to run it? Or would an older version like 5.x > or something be better? The OpenVMS community license is only for Alpha, > Itanium and some x86_64 architectures so I'm sure that wouldn't work in a > simulated VAX? > > - Peter
