[Info-vax] Kermit on Itanium VMS

[Richard B. Gilbert]

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> In comp.os.vms Frank da Cruz <fdc at panix.com> wrote:
> (snip)
>  
>> VMS is one of the few surviving OS's that pays serious attention to the
>> now deprecated if not forgoteen concepts of stability and backwards
>> compatibility from one release to another, so any VMS / IA64 binary that
>> you find in the archive:
> 
> As I understand it, z/OS will still run OS/360 load modules, such
> as the PL/I compiler written and assembled over 40 years ago.  
> I don't believe the VMS currently can run any binaries over 40 
> years old.
> 
> -- glen

Err. . .  How about RSX images in compatibility mode on a VAX 11/780 or 
11/750?

After all these years I have a little difficulty imagining why anyone 
would want to but given sufficient incentives it's possible to do it.