[Info-vax] First boot of OpenVMS on x86-64 was Monday, May 20, 2019

[Dave Froble]

On 5/21/2019 12:11 PM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> Neil Rieck schrieb am 21.05.2019 um 13:40:
>> First boot of OpenVMS on x86-64 was Monday, May 20, 2019
>>
>> http://www.vmssoftware.com/news.html
>
> Well, the page you mention says
>
>  > OpenVMS First Boot on x86 - 14 May, 2019 2:15 EDT
>
> not May 20. However, the info was spread on May 20 via email by VSI.
>
> May 14 is also the date shown on
> <http://vmssoftware.com/updates_port.html> in section "Proof Point 27":
>
>> $ dir dmm0:[vms$common.sysexe]
>>
>> DCL Calling into SYS$DIRECTORY at NET$VEC_RESERVE30 - in exec mode
>> SYS$DIRECTORY::
>> VSI VMS X86 XDELTA Debugger [SYSTEM_DEBUG], XF4Z, May 14 2019 14:15:48
>
> which shows that the heading quoted above
>
>  > OpenVMS First Boot on x86 - 14 May, 2019 2:15 EDT
>
> apparently is missing "p.m.".
>
> Hans.

I'm sure the exact day and time isn't important.  I'd guess VSI wanted 
to do some testing to insure it really a valid first boot.  No sense in 
saying "we did it", followed by "Oh, wait a minute".

Now we wait for the 9.0 release to begin testing apps.

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