[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward (VAXELN)

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-07-27 kl. 14:23, skrev Simon Clubley:
> On 2020-07-26, johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> And depending on what the factory does, the cost of migration and
>> recertification on a new platform (hardware and/or software) might
>> exceed the "business risk" of running on obsolete (but potentially
>> tried tested proven and certified) hardware and software and
>> processes.
>>
> 
> If VAXELN is in use, I wonder also if there is any custom hardware
> attached to the VAX machines which would be hard to move to an emulator.
> 
> Simon.
> 

I would guess so. Maybe not "custom", but some inerfaces for scanners,
printers and maybe some cell PLCs. Interfaces that was "from-the-shelf"
when these systems was built at the time. Probably cards not available
in the usual emulator environments anyway...