[Info-vax] Alternative _legal_ operating systems for VAX ?

[Don North]

On 2022-01-02 00:39, Simon Clubley wrote:
> Before deleting my simh instances, I thought I would look for
> other operating systems which ran on VAX and try them out.
> 
> The only current one I have found is NetBSD (which certainly has
> a _very_ retro 1980s Unix feel to it. :-)).
> 
> OpenBSD dropped VAX as an architecture a number of years ago.
> 
> Does anyone know of any other operating systems (including any
> experimental ones) for VAX that are still legal to run under simh ?
> 
> If so, do you have any links to them ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon.
> 
I have NetBSD still running OK on my other VAX VLC box. It is an old version, 
but works just fine. My OpenVMS 7.4 VAX VLC is now brain dead.

NetBSD 5.1 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Nov 6 19:48:36 UTC 2010

Welcome to NetBSD!

Sun Jan  2 10:47:37 PST 2022
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NetBSD netbsdvax.home.lan 5.1 NetBSD 5.1 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Nov  6 19:48:36 UTC 
2010 
builds at b8.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-1-RELEASE/vax/201011061943Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-1-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC 
vax
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