Information about the VMS operating system

Introduction:

This document contains information about VMS. The official name of VMS is currently OpenVMS. VMS is a product of DIGITAL. VMS currently supports two hardware platforms: VAX and Alpha, and the variants are known as VMS VAX and VMS Alpha (or OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS Alpha).

Available information:

Where to find free VMS software
VMS & Internet
Forums for VMS discussions
VMS FAQ
VMS online documentation
VMS books
VMS hardware
VMS history
VMS graphics
DCL tips
DECUS information
DIGITAL information
Third party suppliers
Anti UNIX/MS-Windows jokes
GNU/FSF
Other relevant stuff
CGI scripts for the OSU HTTP-server
Search all local documents WORKS ONLY IF SEARCHING ENABLED ON WEB-SITE

Other sources for VMS information:

DIGITAL OpenVMS WWW-server
Ask the OpenVMS Wizards
DCL Dialogue/Kevin G. Barkes
OpenVMS Year 2000 Index
SKD (Shannon Knows DEC) from either AcerSoft in US or BootStrap in NL
MPJZ's VMS resources on the Web
Phillip Helbigs bookmarks
VMS page @ Geocities
Peters VMS Page
INFO-VAX archive complete collection since 1990 via FTP from SRI
INFO-VAX archive complete collection since 1996 via FTP from SAIC
VMS Hobbyist License
VMS on Multia (unsupported !)
FreeVMS project

Mirrors:

See mirror-list here.

Suggestions/reports:

Please email suggestions about new topics and error reports to Arne Vajhøj (ava@levitte.org)

Trademarks:

VMS, OpenVMS, VAX, AXP, DEC, Digital and DECUS are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

Digital -> Compaq:

Compaq has recently (approved by shareholders 11-JUN-1998) bought Digital. You can probably find information about the merger at their respective Web-sites: www.compaq.com and www.digital.com. It remains to be seen how this will actually influence VMS and the VMS world.

Version:

This version of this document was release 8-MAY-1999.