5.5-2H4 still requires a PAK and also I have never been able to get that specific image (from VAXHaven) to work but the TK50 version works fine.
Ray On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 10:12 PM Supratim Sanyal <supra...@riseup.net> wrote: > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Supratim Sanyal <supra...@riseup.net> <supra...@riseup.net> > *Sent:* March 12, 2020 6:53 PM > *To:* Dan Gahlinger <dgahl...@hotmail.com> <dgahl...@hotmail.com> > *Cc:* Alexander Schreiber <a...@thangorodrim.ch> <a...@thangorodrim.ch>; > Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.ov...@gmail.com> <tivo.ov...@gmail.com>; > simh@trailing-edge.com <simh@trailing-edge.com> <simh@trailing-edge.com> > *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. > > > --- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet <http://www.update.uu.se/~bqt/hecnet.html> > > > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:14 PM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > {redacted due to horrific font} > > Dan > ------------------------------ > *From:* Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Alexander > Schreiber <a...@thangorodrim.ch> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 4:52:49 PM > *To:* Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.ov...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* simh@trailing-edge.com <simh@trailing-edge.com> > *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. > -- > "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and > looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > > -- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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