[Info-vax] compile for VAX 8650 system

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-06-07, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So if you are using VAXELN, then I think you must be using the
> VAXELN Ada compiler and VAXELN C compilers.  They are the
> VAX/VMS-hosted, VAX/ELN-targetted cross-compilers that come with
> VAXELN (along with VAXELN Pascal).
>

Your mention of VAXELN Pascal reminded me that VAXELN was written
in Pascal. I wonder how many fewer security issues we would have
these days if more development was done using Wirth style languages
instead of C...

> As Steve mentioned, unless you can find the original kits (probably
> on 9-track tape from that era or might be TK50), you might really be
> stuck.  And if you find the media, you'll have another adventure
> reading it somewhere to import into your VAX emulator.  And if all
> that goes well, you'll have to export the newly compiled ELN boot
> image from your emulator all the way to that VAX box over whatever
> network is in place at the customer site.
>

IMHO, I think it would be worth the OP's time to see if someone created
a standalone backup of the original development system as that could
save him a _lot_ of effort.

> On the brightside, I think that all predates the existence of PAKs
> so you won't have to try to find the license.

A very good point, but if the version of VMS in use was before V5.x
(which was when PAKs came in IIRC) that means he's going to have to
find that version again for the same reason.

Simon.

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