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

[Wilm Boerhout]

Simon Clubley schreef op 27-7-2020 om 14:23:
> 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.

This is exacty why a factory in the Netherlands still has a dozen or so 
VAXELN systems in their production line. Lots of spares on the shelves, 
both for the VAXELN boards and the peripherals.

/Wilm