[Info-vax] Oberon-2 on VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/30/2022 12:56 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 30/12/2022 17:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 12/30/2022 11:06 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
>>> On 30/12/2022 00:56, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 12/29/2022 7:54 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> Probably not something in great demand.
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> But here it is how to get it working:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) get Gardens Point Component Pascal (despite the name
>>>>>     then it is Oberon-2) for JVM version 1.3.16 (that version
>>>>>     works on VMS Alpha not just VMS Itanium)
>>>>> 2) move to VMS and unpack
>>>>> 3) stuff gpcp.com and gpcpdef.com in the bin dir (files
>>>>>     are below)
>>>>> 4) @gpcpdef
>>
>>> Sounds interesting.
>>>
>>> Any idea where to get the alpha version of java, and how to install?
>>
>> It used to be available from HPE. But all VMS is probably gone from
>> HPE web site.
>>
>> It was a PCSI kit so just PROD INSTALL.
> 
> Correct, the HPE address is not found. Shame that VSI don't publish it!

VSI dropped the Java they got from HP and switched to OpenJDK.

I don't think any details was ever given.

But I have always assumed that HP/HPE had a commercial Java
license agreement with SUN/Oracle covering VMS, HP-UX
and NonSTOP. And that VSI found it easier to grab
practically the same code base under GPL with classpath
exception in the form of OpenJDK than to do a commercial
agreement with Oracle. And that OpenJDK did have an
Itanium JIT but not an Alpha JIT. So no OpenJDK for
VMS Alpha.

Arne