[Info-vax] OpenVMS on x86 and Virtual Machines -- An Observation

[Dave Froble]

On 1/31/2019 5:46 AM, David Wade wrote:

> The second is that it decouples the software from the hardware. Virtual
> Machines present virtual peripheral interfaces. When you upgrade the
> hardware the OS still sees the same type of peripheral....

This I think is a rather important point.

When people talked about VMs, I of course "knew everything", ever when I 
knew nothing, and didn't want to trust running on top of WEENDOZE 
garbage or Linux snake oil.

Well, even an old dog just may be able to learn some new tricks, we'll 
see ....

As I was trying to learn Virtual Box, it occurred to me that perhaps I 
could run old stuff on new HW.  A big problem I've had in resisting 
WEENDOZE 7, and beyond, was lack of drivers for newer HW.

So in time, I'm going to attempt to load stuff as far back as WEENDOZE 
95, maybe even MS-DOS, on some VM instances.  Now, where is that old 
submarine game I used to enjoy ....

Might need a virtual floppy drive ....

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