[Info-vax] VSI community license

[Dave Froble]

On 10/25/2021 6:22 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> So, time to move to the community license and to VSI VMS on Alpha to
> tide me over until x86 on bare metal is available.

Have a nice wait ...

> Has anyone successfully submitted the community-license request form
> from an iPad?  :-)
>
> At the latest when I have the license, I'll see what version of VSI VMS
> I should install.  I recall some issues about a) only _relatively_ new
> hardware being supported by some version(s) and b) only a fresh install
> (as opposed to upgrade) supported by some (possibly other) version(s).

For Alpha, I believe only V8.4 2L1 and V8.4 2L2 have been released by VSI.
There might be a good chance that VSI will not release any more Alpha
versions.  (They didn't really plan on any Alpha versions.)

Both are identical code.  2L2 is compiled to use EV6 capabilities.  While
there is a performance advantage, would a hobbyist really see much advantage?
Probably not.  For pre-EV6 CPUs, 2L1 is your only option.

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