[Info-vax] How far away is first boot ?

[clair.grant@vmssoftware.com]

On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 12:55:24 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> I am curious how far away VSI thinks first boot probably now is.
> 
> Is it hours/days/weeks/whenever John fixes the Macro-32 compiler ? :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon.
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world

No idea.

We had a big set back thinking the system disk was mounted when it really wasn't. After a long slog of over a week, that is fixed now. Running in 64bit space continues to bring out the need for a change now and then. And, yes, compiling the MACRO32 code will always be challenging, enough said. As Mike points out, we can do a bunch of stuff in DCL but the acid test of

$ DIRECTORY DMM0:[SYS$COMMON.SYS$LDR]

is not there yet, currently looking into mode changes and access issues ultimately affecting AST delivery.