I for one was thrilled to see that there will be x86_64 hobbyist licenses for VMS. I have
an emulated VAX on a Raspberry Pi (I don?t know if my 11/730 works, but I doubt it?it?s
nowhere near a 220V power supply and it?s not been much of a priority, and I have a
VAXStation 3100 that doesn?t pass POST even with a freshly-burned ROM) running OpenVMS
7.3, and a real AlphaServer 800 running 8.4.
I mean obviously the NEXT thing to do is start bugging VSI for ARM support?given that the
OS runs on VAX, Alpha, Itanic, and x86_64, how much really crucial and hard-to-port
assembly can be left in it??and given the way datacenters are trending, it might not even
be a commercially stupid move. I want to run VMS on my phone (or my next Mac). Doesn?t
everyone?
Adam
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