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, which is now part of Compaq. 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 and Product lookup y2k status
SKC (Shannon Knows Compaq) 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
Jeff Cameron's OpenVMS Pages
OpenVMS WebRing
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
Hobbyist Hardware Helpline
VMS on Multia (unsupported !)
FreeVMS project

Version:

This version of this document was released 16-JAN-2000.