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OpenVMS Hobbyist Program | VAX Systems Forums | Emulated VAX Forum
Author Any guide for this?
smccloud
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Posted on March 28 2020 07:24
I'm running SIMH on Windows 10 and I'm wondering if anyone knows of a guide to getting a GUI running on Windows 10? Not that I need to, but I would like to so I can learn more.
Author RE: Any guide for this?
malmberg
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Joined: 15.04.08
Posted on March 30 2020 02:22
I am not sure I have something totally up to date at https://sourceforge.net/p/vms-ports/wiki/Home/

1. Need the DECW workstation component installed on the VAX, along with the Motif product.

2. Get an X-11 emulator running on a system.
Cygwin/X11 needs some patches because in the name of security, it has been modified so that
X11 does not work out of the box for external system access.
I Can not get Mingw X11 to use saved preset settings.

3. Need to get fonts available to the X-11 system. Easiest way is to use an ALPHA or Itanium system running OpenVMS as a font server. Otherwise you have to copy some of the fonts from VAX to the X11 server. Fonts may or many not need conversion. (I have only used the font server method)

Other alternatives may take some programming. Get a Virtual Video buffer ported to OpenVMS get the X11 software to use it, and get the VNC port to VMS working, then you can VNC into the system.

I have heard of some experimental options/forks for adding some graphics hardware emulation on SimH. I have not looked into them.
Author RE: Any guide for this?
urbancamo
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Location: Windermere, UK
Joined: 16.05.07
Posted on April 23 2020 00:45
You can also use one of Matt's VAXstation emulations now in the SIMH trunk that have built in graphical support.

See https://www.9track.net/simh/video/ for more info
http://www.wickensonline.co.uk
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malmberg
August 04 2022
No more VAX hobbyist licenses. Community licenses for Alpha/IA64/X86_64 VMS Software Inc. Commercial VMS software licenses for VAX available from HPE.

ozboomer
July 20 2022
Just re-visiting.. No more hobbyist licenses? Is that from vmssoftware.com, no 'community' licenses?

valdirfranco
July 01 2022
No more hobbyist license...sad

mister_wavey
February 12 2022
I recall that the disks failed on the public access VMS systems that included Fafner

parwezw
January 03 2022
Anyone know what happened to FAFNER.DYNDS.ORG? I had a hobbyist account here but can longer access the site.

gtackett
October 27 2021
Make that DECdfs _2.1A_ for Vax

gtackett
October 27 2021
I'm looking for DECdfs V2.4A kit for VAX. Asking here just in case anyone is still listening.

MarkRLV
September 17 2021
At one time, didn't this web site have a job board? I would love to use my legacy skills one last time in my career.

malmberg
January 18 2021
New Hobbyist PAKs for VAX/VMS are no longer available according to reports. Only commercial licenses are reported to be for sale from HPE

dfilip
January 16 2021
Can someone please point me to hobbyist license pak? I'm looking for VAX/VMS 7.1, DECnet Phase IV, and UCX/TCPIP ... have the 7.1 media, need the license paks ... thanks!

Bart
October 16 2020
OpenVMS, and this website!

malmberg
September 05 2020
VSI community non-commercial licenses for AXP/IA64 are available now.

malmberg
September 05 2020
See the forum about licensing. Don't know if HPE hobby licenses still being issued. Commercial licenses still being sold.

silfox70
September 01 2020
I need the license for OpenVMS7.3. Where can I find them?

malmberg
August 29 2020
Eisner, which is currently being moved, got an SSH update and the keys were updated to more modern encryption standards.

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