[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Hans Bachner]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) schrieb am 20.10.2020 um 14:08:
> In article <rmmbui$k67$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Townley
> <news at cct-net.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> "After analyzing the feedback given by the participants of the Community
>> License program, VMS Software has made the decision to remove the
>> limitations imposed by the previous version of the license.
> 
> Great!  Well done!
> 
>> This means that from now on, the number of units in the PAK for Alpha
>> will be unlimited thus making it possible to install the community
>> license on any Alpha system
> 
> As far as the number of units go, yes, but presumably the VSI license
> makes sense only with VSI VMS and the latter requires a reasonably new
> CPU, right?  At least EV6/21264?

This depends on the definition of "requires".

The QuickSpecs of V8.4-2L1 
(<https://vmssoftware.com/pdfs/vms_pdf/VSI_OVMS_Alpha_V842L1_SPD_QS.pdf>) 
mention only DS/ES systems (except the ES80) as "Supported". QuickSpecs 
for V8.4-2L2 also include the ES80 and the GS80/160/320/1280 systems 
"pending completion of testing".

Having said that, I can successfully run V8.4-2L1 on a CHARON-AXP 
AlphaStation 400:

> VSICL1> sho sys /full /noproc
> OpenVMS V8.4-2L1  on node VSICL1   20-OCT-2020 15:51:55.87   Uptime  0 00:07:48
>         AlphaStation 400 4/166
> VSICL1>

I don't have the time right now to pull one ot the really old Alphas off 
the shelf and install VSI VMS on it. But CHARON does a quite good job on 
emulating the various EVn architectures. E.g. the above configuration 
won't boot V8.4-2L2 (like the real hardware).

>> and the Integrity license will include HBVS
>> and clustering until further notice.

In fact, it includes the HAOE license.

Hans.