[Info-vax] Basic Questions

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In article <8cc46674-8885-4e3a-b2fb-95cd7838ae37 at p15g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Bob Gezelter <gezelter at rlgsc.com> writes:
>On Sep 3, 7:57=A0am, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <a1ea66c8-0d01-434f-8c22-9d1c5134a... at r39g2000yqm.googlegroups=
>..com>, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Sep 3, 3:38=3DA0am, Julian R A Manning <julian.r.a.mann... at gmail.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >> Hello
>>
>> >> I have the following basic questions about VMS:
>>
>> >> Type of OS? For example is it single/multi-user, multitasking etc?
>>
>> >> General Features? For example firewall, GUI?
>>
>> >> Minimum Hardware Requirements?
>>
>> >> File Systems supported?
>>
>> >> Applications?
>>
>> >> Yours sincerely, Julian Manning
>>
>> >Julian,
>>
>> >OpenVMS is a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system supporting
>> >both uni-processors and multi-processors. OpenVMS supports three
>> >processor architectures: VAX (1977), Alpha (1992), and Itanium
>> >(Emulation environments are available for both VAX and Alpha that run
>> >under various operating systems on the x86 family processors).
>>
>> This reeks of WEENDOZE/Intel campaigning. =A0I have run OpenVMS using
>> SimH on the PowerPC based Apple PowerBook and Mac OS X. =A0There have
>> also been reports from others of the use of SimH to run OpenVMS on
>> other, such as ARM, architectures... ie. OpenVMS on a mobile device. =A0
>> There is no need to don the elegant clothes of OpenVMS only to wade
>> about in the cesspool of WEENDOZE.
>>
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>
>Vaxman,
>
>With all due respect, I take a degree of offense at your comment "This
>reeks of WEENDOZE/Intel campaigning." in response to my posting.
>
>I was by no means "campaigning" for any other platform, merely
>observing that the Charon and simh are available on x86 (on *ix and
>Windows). Of course, simh is also available on a wide range of other
>platforms. I never pretended that the list in my posting was an
>exhaustive list. The post was already getting rather lengthy.
>
>- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

Sorry Bob, it wasn't meant to be disrespectful _to_ _you_.   See my post
recent post under the renamed to "ES40 Emulator" thread.

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