I am looking to set up a VM running openVMS if there is a free version or possibly freeVMS? I essentially want to set up a VMS environment with the EVE and EDI editors.
I run a Mac so I'd like to set it up on that, I could sort out a PC if necessary but I'd rather not.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
James
If you are not going to use OpenVMS commercially you can get free licenses from here. They will also provide you with access to downloadable media once you register.
The only free emulator I'm aware of that runs on OS X is the VAX emulator in SIMH. See the SIMH github project.
There are various Alpha emulators; most assume a Windows host, though I think there is now one that runs on Linux.
You can use a virtual machine running Windows XP on MAC OS X, and install PersonalAlpha (by Stromasys) in there. All you need then are the OpenVMS Hobbyist Licenses and media to install from.
BTW, these are the free Alpha emulators running on Windows I know about:
PersonalAlpha by Stromasys
FreeAXP by Migration Specialties
For linux:
AXPNCE by Stromasys
Commercial Alpha (and VAX) emulators:
vtAlpha by AVTware. This is basically a modified Linux with an Alpha emulator. They have no plans for a free version for non-commercial use.
Avanti and AvantiFlex by Migration Specialties.
Charon AXP products by Stromasys
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I was wondering, how can I set up an environment for both Mac and Windows? I have a Mac laptop that I travel with and a Windows machine at home. I'd love to be able to develop with both machines interchangeably. For the most part I write web applications with create-react-app and rails. I've noticed that whenever I push my work to GitHub, pull onto a machine with a different OS, it doesn't play well, maybe because they may have different dependencies. Any tips or tutorials that you could link me too? I'd greatly appreciate it!
Use a cloud IDE. Cloud9 works like a charm for me, and I'm usually writing code irrespective of whether I'm on desktop or mac. The IDE that I use gives me personalized Ubuntu workspaces for my projects.
You can also access your account on remote PCs, (such as if you're attending a hackathon), so your development environment takes less time to setup.
I want to create apps for iOS. I make games in C++ and SFML, so I decided to use Objective C after further research. I can't find any windows IDE's, so I came here. What am I supposed to code in?
You can install macOS on a virtual machine like virtual box or VMware.
Here is a tutorial to install the virtual machine: tutorial
Yeah unfortunately the only way to create iOS apps is through MacOS. You'll have to get your hands on a Mac.
I hav tried to work with a virtual machine on linux and it was not easy to set-up. Ultimately, an iSO development project can take hundreds of hours of coding time, and you will rely a lot on the stability of your system. So why starting from an inperfect arragment?
The cheap way to start is to buy an Apple mini. It's cheap and it will get you started. You can move to faster Mac later on when you are sure you are committed to finish the project.
What am I supposed to code in?
The short answer is "Mac OS." Some people build a "hackintosh" (A PC running Mac OS) and build their iOS apps on that, but that is a violation of Apple's copyrights and developer agreements.
You can also run Mac OS as a virtual OS, but with the same legal issues.
You can try Xamarin. Now belongs to Microsoft and I believe it’s part of Visual Studio. It should be able to export projects for both iOS and Android. But I haven’t used it myself, so I can’t confirm for sure.
I downloaded the blackberry 10 simulator on the Blackberry developer site and ran the installer.
The system requirements tell me to download VMware Fusion 3.1 or later; this requires me to buy a license.
I did manage to get the 30 day free trial, but is anyone aware of a way to test Blackberry 10 for more than 30 days without paying for a license?
Thanks,
Albert.
Try use VMware player, I think it is free for non commercial use.
BB10 emulators on Windows used to need VirtualBox. Recently (between 10 Gold and 10.2 beta) they switched to VMware player.
Makes a lot of sense for Blackberry, (simplify support), sucks if you don't want to pay for a license.
So to answer your question:
Is there a way to test Blackberry 10 for more than 30 days without paying for a license?
No, if you want a supported environment and want to be able to debug/troubleshoot your apps the way the BB team envisioned it.
Yes, or at least Maybe, it used to work on VirtualBox, I'll bet it still does.
Your trial version of VMWare should be able to export VMs to the OVA/OVF format.
VirtualBox is able to import an OVA/OVF VM.
VirtualBox is also able to mount an VMWare hard-drive.
You will have to fiddle with settings of every component, (but if you still have VMware * fusion, you can try to replicate the emulated machine architecture) and I do think you'll lose "Controller.app" connectivity (the small app that allows to simulate sensors).
The VM auto-detection may not work, but the link uses SSH... So if you can ping it, you will be able to debug it.
If it works, consider exporting the VirtualBox VM and sharing it. (or maybe instructions)
Obviously, one needs a PC with a copy of Delphi XE2. But, do you need a Mac or iPad? Mac OSX running in a virtual machine? ... Can you create and compile the application entirely on a PC?
You require a Windows PC (32 or 64 bit, running Vista or 7 - though XP has limited support) to use Delphi XE2's IDE and compiler. These simply will not work on any other platform, so you can only develop on a Windows PC!
With only a Windows 32 (or 64) bit PC, you can build Win32, Win64 and OSX applications.
To test/run 64bit Windows applications you require a 64bit system with a 64bit edition of Windows installed.
To test/run OSX Applications, a Mac system running 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or 10.7 (Lion) is required. A "Hackintosh" or VM running MacOSX will not work (and is a violation of Apple's EULA)!
To produce iOS Applications, you require the same criteria as stated above for testing OSX applications, with the additional requirement of installing the FireMonkey iOS package (containing the FreePascal compiler and FireMonkey libraries), XCode, and the iOS emulator.
The iOS Emulator will run Delphi-made iOS applications, though of course testing on the physical device is often considered better.
You can create and compile the entiry application on a PC.
You need OS X version 10.6 or 10.7 to test it on a MAC: Prerequisites
Watch Andreano Lanusse video
Found with Google: Mac in a VM
a bit late, but the question still stands (me at least, I'm researching the subject)
regarding the virtualization part of the mac, which is dismissed by everybody above, and how that is not possible to be used instead of a physical mac (same for the open-gl FM related comment above), I'd quote XE5 official documentation:
"All FireMonkey applications require a graphics processing unit (GPU) on both the target platform and the development system. The GPU can be accessible either directly or through virtualization" (http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/XE5/en/FireMonkey_Platform_Prerequisites)
Take note that this is not XE5 requirement, it will work as well with XE2, because having the GPU accessible to the VM basically means giving the VM direct control to it (in case of vmware, through passthrough aka VMDirectPath I/O, although in this aprticular case there are limitations). XEN, on the other hand, it said to do very nicely with GPU passthrough.
I've been using this method for a lot of other, non delphi-iOS related, activities that also require access to a physical GPU, and they all work just nice (the "how nice" depends on the chosen hardware so care must be taken there, of course).
so the short answers are: no, yes, yes.
as others said, it is advisable to test your applications on the actual target systems, so at one point you may want to consider purchasing some 2nd hand device for the job.
We bought Delphi XE to slowly upgrade from Delphi 6.
Delphi 6 is well working in Win7/X64.
I installed two virtual machines to test it (I planned three of them, but Virtual PC is not supports X64 guest OS).
1.) Sun VirtualBox 4.x
2.) VMWARE player latest
The guest OS is Win7/X64. Latest SP's, packs are installed.
I set local "area" settings to "english-usa".
I started the installer as admin.
The phenomenon is:
The InstallAware is starting, the progress bar is access the 100%.
After this a new InstallAware Window is starting, but later it disappeared.
Then nothing happens. Sometimes the Windows say (dialog) that setup is not working, will I reinstall it?
The event log is not containing information about the problem.
I tried to starting "setup.exe" directly with "as admin", but the result is same.
I tried to find the real setup files in "Local Settings/Temp", and starting it directly as admin, but I got same result.
So I'm very disappointment, and puzzled... We bought something that is not installable.
May I can install the XE into VPC/XP Mode; but I'm sure the somebody CAN install this software in Win7/X64... :-(
Can anybody help me, how to continue the installation?
How to "debug"?
Thanks for your help:
dd
It might be a problem with your virtual machine, i have myself issues with VirtualBox.
You also should double check if you dont have a corrupted Iso. Try to download it again to see it works.
I work in a software house that have at least 30 people working with Delphi XE on their Windows 7 machines. None of them ever reported a installation crash.
Another good question: are you executing the setup.exe as administrator?
The solution was if I copy the zip file directly into VM (not download it), and I must set ALL AREA FLAGS to USA.
The language, the area, the format settings - all things!
Then the installer simply working...
Thank you for your help!
Regards:
dd