[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-03-26 21:55, JF Mezei wrote:
> John Wallace wrote:
>
>> Oh dear, not that silliness again. Not running Windows may be better
>> than running Windows, but running a Linux layer underneath the
>> emulator doesn't make it a "bare metal" emulator.
>
> Not sure how much of linux is included in that vtAlpha "bare bones". But
> it is quite possible to really have a bare metal linux and this is
> commonly done for embedded systems, TVs, thermostats, TV decoders etc.
>
> In fact, when you look at the iphone, it's got BDS Unix under the hood
> but no command line utilities (and no command line). When you jailbreak
> it, the first thing it does is add the ability to access a command line
> and load all the standrad unix commands.

Yes, and that is not properly "bare metal". Having Linux on which your 
emulator runs, means it's running under Linux, not on the bare metal. 
How hard can it be?

	Johnny

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