[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Henry Crun]

On 12/12/11 05:47, AEF wrote:
> On Dec 11, 9:47 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert"<rgilber... at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> On 12/11/2011 7:42 PM, Connor Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> What is VMS? What is it good for? How come it has the prefix 'Open',
>>> yet it is not open source? what are some good guides for using it? I
>>> have already registered for a hobbyist VAX license, but I am not sure
>>> how I should install it on SIMH. Anyone have anything good to say?
>>
>> VMS stood for "Virtual Memory System".  The "Open" was tacked on by the
>> marketing types for reasons that seemed important to them.  Something to
>> do with "open systems" or something like that!
>>
>> You will note that most ordinary people call it VMS.
>
> Well, one poster pointed out a while ago that OpenVMS is easier to
> search for. VMS will get some false hits; OpenVMS won't.
>
> I vaguely recall "Open" meaning something to do with POSIX compliance.
> Ah, found it! See http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/vms_beginners_faq.html,
> second question.
>
> To Connor Cooper (OP):
>
> Start with the User's Manual at hp.com. Of course that won't be enough
> to set it up with SIMH. I'll let others answer that.
>
> So tell us: How did you come across VMS?
>
> AEF


to the OP:
have a look at http://alpha.mike-r.com/VMS_beginners_faq.html (or the equivalent 
elsewhere)
and there's lots of stuff on http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/

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