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

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In article <jbsoj2$him$2 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>On 2011-12-09 10.59, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>
>>> But apart from Macro-32, you'd definitely need Bliss. I don't know if
>>> you really need C.
>>
>> Is Bliss used for low level VMS stuff ? I thought it was used more in
>> various utilities and applications than in the actual operating system.
>>
>> (in other words, is Bliss code really involved in the early bootup
>> sequence that gets you to a $ on a minimum startup with startuyp file
>> set to OPA0: ?
>
>I might be misinformed, but I believe that parts inside the kernel are 
>written in Bliss. So, before you can boot anything, Bliss code is needed.

Primordial VMS isn't devoid of Bliss code.  SYSBOOTIO is Bliss.  Some of
the bus support in SYSLOA is Bliss too.


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