Looking around
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: OpenVMS linux

So the geek in me is getting a look about in the openvms.  It seems it is a even more hardy operating system than unix or linux.  Its commands seem to be more common sense. 

So far the command line runs off something called DCL which controls the operating system.  I have a shell account athe Openvms hobby site on a Vax server named mason.

To run Open VMS on a vax station the 4000 series seems the best with the 60 model being the most practical and the VAXstation 4000 VLC being the most portable.

It seems HP provideds some free were and there is hobby LTU program.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/freeware/index.html?jumpid=/go/openvms/freeware

 I looked at linux console distro.  I have not heard of it but it seems to be a live version CD product.  http://linuxconsole.org/about.php

Seems French and cutting edge. Did not down load it.  But it looked nice.