[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed May 30 20:56:59 EDT 2018


On 5/30/2018 9:22 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <pekpru$1iqi$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> Are there any reason to believe that VMS x86-64 will not run on
>> any standard HW or standard VM's?
> 
>     Since when have there been any real standards on PC class hardware?

I think since the early 80's.

Not a formal standard.

But you can pick HW from 25+ vendors and pick maybe 10+ OS'es
and all combos will work.

Industry de facto standard.

Arne





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