what was VMS/OpenVMS written in?

At 7:30 AM -0800 12/1/10, Gene Buckle wrote: Replacement HW costs are definitely going up. I managed to score a pair of Compaq XP1000's (Alpha 21264 500Mhz & 667Mhz) at the low point in their value. One now has a dead power supply, and last I checked XP1000's go for big bucks (not sure about the PS's). I assume drives are getting harder to find, but I have a large stash. I have several older Alpha's dating back to a DEC3000/300LX. My VAX hardware is a lot sparser, flakier, and my drive options more limited (plus I don't want to run a Q-bus system 24x7 which limits me even more). Still the biggest roadblock on keeping the stuff running is the cost of electricity and cooling. That's what caused me to power down MONK, which had been running for over a decade in one form or another. There are several emulation solutions, I'd recommend looking at SIMH first. I'm thinking of trying it on a Mini-ITX box. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Photographer | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | My flickr Photostream | | http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/ |