[Info-vax] free shell accounts?

[Sampsa]

On 2015-01-17, Stan Radford wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been lurking on this newsgroup for awhile and would like to try my
> hand at VMS but I don't have any hardware. I realize I could run a version
> on SIMH but I want to try to see what I am getting into before I do that
> and running on real hardware is always the best way to go. I ordered a few
> books that will hopefully arrive soon and would like to ask: are there any
> free shell providers for VMS so I could see what this is all about?
>
> Is there any graphical desktop and will it work over normal X-forwarding
> from a shell account or is everything command line? I am fine with command
> line but a GUI is sometimes easier when using a shell account especially if
> they only allow you to sign on once because then it's harder to be in an
> editor and read man pages etc. unless Emacs is running there.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Stan Radford
>
>
>
>
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