[Info-vax] VMS Software Inc. OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 Boots on i4 System

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-03-17, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Bob Gezelter skrev den 2015-03-16 15:04:
>> On Friday, March 13, 2014, the Engineering Team at VMS Software booted a
>> built from scratch OpenVMS 8.4-1H1 DVD on an i4 system.
>
> Note that plain 8.4 also booted on i4 systems many years ago.
> What does 1H1 add apart from testing and qualifying?
> New drivers for som new on-board hardware?

The important thing is that VSI *built it from scratch*, which implies
that they have got all the bits necessary for a complete build.

Latest sources, build procedures and other bits and pieces can go
missing in a transfer of ownership,  I've seen it happen.

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