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 Compaq (after Compaq bougth 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). VMS support for Itanium (or IA-64) has been announced.

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
Compaq information
Third party suppliers
Anti UNIX/MS-Windows jokes
GNU/FSF
Other relevant stuff
CGI scripts for the OSU HTTP-server

Other sources for VMS information:

Compaq OpenVMS WWW-server
Ask the OpenVMS Wizards
DCL Dialogue/Kevin G. Barkes
OpenVMS Year 2000 Index
MPJZ's VMS resources on the Web
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
FreeVMS project

How to get started with VMS:

VMS Hobbyist License
Cheap VMS systems
public account on VMS system
public account on VMS system

Version:

This version of this document was released 10-AUG-2001.