[FreeVMS] Current status?

[Roar Thronæs]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:58:39PM +0200, Roar Thronæs wrote:
> 
> I will try to get hold of some 0.3.15 image, but currently it is stuck

It seems that many newcomers may newer have seen the FreeVms releases
with some Vms features.

Found an older 0.3.10 image, if interested download disk images from:
http://www.pvv.org/~roart/c.img.gz
http://www.pvv.org/~roart/a.img.gz

Run with something like
qemu-system-i386 -fda a.img -hda c.img -boot a -monitor stdio

Have also imported the CVS projects into git, available as:

https://github.com/rroart/FreeVms
https://github.com/rroart/bliss
https://github.com/rroart/ods2

The bliss project won't build on its own, it's built from FreeVms.
(Only FreeVms itself was publicly available for reading before.
Now it will be easier for others to join and take over.)

The FreeVms project has a new directory subprojects, with:
gcc-vmscall-0_3_11.tar.gz
grub-0.95-diff1
linker-0_2_6
(These have been previously downloaded, but the server has troubles.)

All these are ancient and requires some ancient Debian (lenny/5) to build,
if someone will continue developing from 0.3.15, they should probably start
to have that Debian in a virtual machine until the environment is updated.
(And in addition the build system can't rely on the troubled ftp.nvg.ntnu.no
anymore (phasing out its use), so more manual intervention is needed.)

The 0.3 release series have these and other features:

DCL client shell.                                                               
DCL utilities copy, delete, directory, search, type,                            
    show device/system/logical/working_set.                                     
RMS/ODS-2.                                                                      
RTL libraries with STR$ and LIB$.                                               
Approx. 50 system services.                                                     
Essential VMS kernel features for ASTs, event flags, locks, scheduling,         
    time support, process control, working set, QIO, mailboxes, logicals etc.   
Internet connection with CMUIP.                                                 

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Regards,
Roar Thronæs