ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10-SEP-2004 15:06:38.75
>Howdy Jacob (or Jouk),
>
>I'm a netCDF programmer here at Unidata in Boulder Colorado.
>
>I was amazed to see your OpenVMS port of netCDF. I didn't even know
>about OpenVMS!
It's there and still maintained. Version 8.2 to be released soon. see i.e.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/
>I see you have 3.5.1. We're soon going to release 3.6.0, and I'm a
>little concerned because I took away some vax stuff #defines in the
>code, as we don't have any vaxen to test on anyway.
My port makes use of some of them. some area's already had #ifdef vms.
If you like I can do some tests of the new-code.
>I see from your tarball that you mostly are doing what I assume are
>the OpenVMS versions of makefiles so maybe we're OK...
Correct, but I made use of some of the VMS-specific code already there.
>Can one run OpenVMS on an intel platform? And is it free?
OpenVMS runs on only 3 types of chips:
VAX (old)
Alpha
Itanium (first non-beta release will appear within the next half year)
So not on the cheapest machines.
It is not free, one has to get a licence from HP, but since you are in an
educational institute you can get the licenses for free (campus-license) (at
leats for VAX & Alpha. Itanium is not yet known).
Also OpenVMS for Home-use you can get a free license. You only have to find a
friend who has the installation CD's.
>Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
>
>Ed Hartnett
>Unidata
Jouk Jansen
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