[Info-vax] compile for VAX 8650 system

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-06-07, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
> Here, you'll want to license HPE OpenVMS VAX on and boot and use simh 
> or one of the commercial VAX emulators — preferably running the same 
> OpenVMS VAX version and patches as the target boxes — and install the 
> compilers and licenses and source code on the emulator, and build your 
> binaries and kits on the emulator, transfer the results to the 
> production server, and be done with it.
>

Given who his employer appears to be (like you, I've just checked) the
question is whether the Ada compiler in use is DEC's Ada 83 compiler
or one of the third party ones available at the time.

If it's a third party one, then there's additional licencing issues
to be resolved there as well.

Simon.

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