[Info-vax] OpenVMS E9.2 Field Test Begins

[John Dallman]

In article <t2p60q$huu$1 at dont-email.me>, news at cct-net.co.uk (Chris
Townley) wrote:

> In anticipation I got the system checker, and noticed they reject 
> my Ryzen CPU.
> 
> Will it be Intel only?

The release notes for E9.2 say:

> 1.4. Non-Intel Processors Are Not Currently Supported
> 
> VSI OpenVMS x86-64 E9.2 runs on Intel processors only.
>
> Support for AMD processors is planned for a future version 
> of VSI OpenVMS x86-64.

I don't know if any of the hypervisors will fake an Intel CPU on an AMD,
but I doubt it.

John