[Info-vax] Kermit on Itanium VMS

[Ken Fairfield]

On Dec 30, 12:45 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> > In comp.os.vms Frank da Cruz <f... 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.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought compatibility mode was
dropped after VMS 3.x.  I do know that it stopped being shipped
as part of base VMS, i.e., for at least a while it was a separately
licensed product, but is it still available on VMS/VAX 7.3?

    -Ken