[Info-vax] VMS on an iPAQ

[Arne Vajhøj]

P. Sture wrote:
> In article 
> <fc7ecb44-3e8f-45ca-b199-0487010f5119 at t7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>  IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> wrote:
>> VMS on an iPAQ
>> http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=09/03/16/9421069
> 
> From that link:
> 
> "Although OpenVMS is a lot faster than it was when I started this (three 
> days ago), it'll still run a quite slowly, so please be patient.  For 
> example, the boot process currently takes 5 minutes."
> 
> Here's a tip. VMS V3.0 boots much faster than later versions, so if you 
> need to perform repeated boots to get your SIMH environment right, using 
> it can save quite a bit of time. Use the vax780 executable though, as I 
> doubt if V3 supports the uVAC SIMH emulator.

So now you can have a VMS system in your pocket.

And a Hx4700 is Windows Mobile/XScale so it should run just
as well on smartphones that use the same platform.

Arne