[Info-vax] VSI software

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 8/4/2020 3:36 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In a few months I'll have some more time and plan to get VSI VMS running
> on an Alpha, as the first step to moving to an x86 hobbyist cluster.
> :-)
> 
> Some questions, answers to which I don't recall here nor did I find
> poking around the VSI website for half an hour or so.
> 
> Can I cluster VSI VMS with versions of VMS from DEC/Compaq/HP?  If so,
> which ones?
> 

I don't know but I'd wager that it has to be HP V8.4 with the most recent patches (Hobbyists were up to V01200 for the system).

> How does one get the software onto the system?  CDs delivered by mail is
> probably too oldschool.  Download an image?

Probably.

> 
> VSI licenses will not work with earlier versions of VMS and vice versa,
> right?  (Note that one could mix and match DEC, Compaq, and HP licenses,
> software, and hardware, e.g. hardware from DEC with software from
> Compaq with a license from HP.)
> 
Right.  VSI versions expect "VSI" as the producer whereas DEC, Compaq and HP expect "DEC" as the producer.

Does this mean you've gotten some response to your VSI Community License Program application?  It's been exactly a week for me and all I've heard is crickets.

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John H. Reinhardt