The x86 programme continues in the form of a pre-built vmdk usable on virtual box etc., unless you qualify as an ambassador in which
case you can have a personalised licence(s) for all three architectures, with renewal conditional on how you’ve participated as an ambassador.
From: Paul Koning [mailto:paulkoning@comcast.net]
Sent: 27 March 2024 16:21
To: The Hobbyist DECnet mailing list <hecnet@lists.dfupdate.se>
Subject: [HECnet] Re: Some new nodes
Some new nodes to be added to the HECnet registry please.
Both are VMS 9.2.2 x86-64 running under Debian Qemu/kvm. They are clustered together via shared virtual SCSI discs. Seem to be working quite well.
Terrible timing however, what with the bombshell VSI just dropped about the community licences. I’m tempted to become an Ambassador – I may have something to contribute in
the VMS runtime department, along with LLVM. Ah well.
As I understand it, they dropped the Alpha and IA64 community licenses, but x86 ones continue.