[Info-vax] api for ncp

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On Friday, July 30, 2021 at 2:26:15 PM UTC-4, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 7/30/21 1:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2021-07-30, Dave Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote: 
> >> On 7/30/2021 11:27 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >>> On 2021-07-30 14:09:46 +0000, calliet g érard said: 
> >>> 
> >>>> I don't need a path forward in the situation, just a path backward :) 
> >>>> - They need training for a totally freezed platform, for which they 
> >>>> will make support for more than again 10 years. 
> >>> 
> >>> I can't count the number of times I've heard variations of that same "we 
> >>> can't" story told and re-told. 
> >> 
> >> Of course, "we can" is always true. Perhaps expensive. But perhaps not 
> >> the right decision. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Gerard has just implied that certification issues are involved. 
> > 
> > If so, that changes the picture completely, especially when it 
> > comes to the cost of any replacement.
> Gerard hasn't said and probably can't say what the system does or 
> what kind of certification is involved. Personally, I can not 
> believe a VAX could be certified for anything today. Even J-Stars 
> eventually moved off of the VAX. 
> 
> bill

J-stars went to alpha from Motorola a long time ago.  The alpha was able to complete data load, computation AND display in less time than the Motorola computation and  display only IRRC.

There are a number of different certifications at multiple levels.  I have been involved in federal certifications of software programs running VAX software on emulators, so yes there are still certifications for VAX today.

Dan