[Info-vax] Running OpenVMS native on x86 . . .

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

(snip)
>> And does Hoff really need Macro32 ? Doesn't he code in octal ?

> VAXen don't speak octal. They speak hex.

Story was that as DEC was getting ready to release VAX, they
published a calendar with the dates in hex.  

Unlike all the previous systems, which were octal, and usually
didn't even have the option for hex.

-- glen