[Info-vax] VMS on an iPAQ

[vaxorcist]

On 23 Mrz., 00:00, "P. Sture" <paul.sture.nos... at hispeed.ch> wrote:
> In article
> <fc7ecb44-3e8f-45ca-b199-0487010f5... at t7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  IanMiller <g... 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.
>
> --
> Paul Sture

You don't have to go so far backwards, VMS V4.x will probably boot as
fast as MS-Win on a modern PC.
You will have to use the VAX780 emulator as the VAX emulator needs VMS
V5.1 minimum.
Have you got a VMS version old enough for your needs? Contact me
offline.

Ulli