VMS on x86-64/ARM/RISC-V? - was Re: Microvax 3100 VMS 7.3 password reset

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

On 11/14/20, 11:54 PM, "cctech on behalf of Adam Thornton via cctech" <cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org on behalf of cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
    > On Nov 14, 2020, at 5:20 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven <camiel.vanderhoeven at vmssoftware.com> wrote:
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    > One thing I'm better at than crystal ball gazing though, is I can give you an idea of how much hard-to-port assembly is left, since I wrote most of the x86 assembly code in it :-)

    I replied to Camiel off-list, but I just did want to say to the list in general how great it made me feel that my idle BSing got a thoughtful reply from someone who is in a—indeed, in *the*—position to know about it.  I mean, I realize I shouldn’t be surprised that VSI has a presence on here, but…I was!

Well, I’m not on cctech because I’m with VSI, I’m on cctech because I have a large collection of vintage computers (www.vaxbarn.com). In a sense, you could say that my being with VSI is an indirect result of being a computer collector. I had a few Alpha systems, wanted to develop software for them on my laptop, decided to write my own emulator (ES40 Emulator, also forked as AXPbox), got to know people in VMS engineering as a result, and eventually ended up getting hired as one of the principal architects for the x86-64 port.

I have a few OpenVMS related presentations up on Youtube, one of them is specifically about the 4-mode problem (https://youtu.be/U8kcfvJ1Iec). I also have several vintage computer related videos on there (Reviving 1980's supercomputers at home - https://youtu.be/0uM09vxT1rg - is a nice introduction into the kind of things I'm really interested in.)

Camiel