[Info-vax] WHY IS VSI REQUIRING A HYPERVISOR FOR X86 OPENVMS?

[geze...@rlgsc.com]

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 1:39:45 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rrinv5$iik$1... at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> <da... at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
> 
> > VSI has mentioned that some hardware will be supported. Not all, or 
> > even most, because types of hardware have exploded into so many 
> > varieties.
> A while back, someone posted a script here to test whether a given 
> hardware would run VMS on x86. It seems that many different types of 
> hardware do, even though they might not be officially supported.
Phillip,

Camiel posted the script to the newgroup. It is included with the Field Test kits.

However, the script only checks for CPU characteristics. Peripherals is another ball of wax.

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