[Info-vax] OpenVMS hobbyist license renewal.

[leo.rams at protomation.com]

> > Dear David,
> >
> > I do not know the type of licenses on the media disk but it makes sense that they would be temporary.
> >
> > The licenses on the MicroVAX 3400 are indeed perpetual, and they still work.
> >
> > Best regards, Leo.
> >
> 
> Then I do not understand what your problem is.  You have the license(s) 
> to use the 3400.  You can get the media from many sources, if needed.
> 
> Now, if you want to use those license(s) on SimH, that can be a bit of 
> an issue.  I know I'm considered a thief by some, but I'd just call the 
> Simh a re-built version of the 3400, like re-building an engine in a 
> car, and use the license(s) on the re-build 3400.
> 
> -- 
> David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
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Hi David,

Personally I an sharing the same opinion with respect to the licenses as you have. In addition to that the system is no longer in use for more than 25 years at least and the only reason for preseving it in the form of a SIMH variant is to be able so now and then to look back to that period by means of sort of a "live photoalbum".

Do you perhaps know where I could get the media? As I could so far not find it on the Internet.

Best regards, Leo.