[Info-vax] Release of OpenVMS V9.2 for x86 Scheduled for July 14, 2022

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/8/2022 7:54 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <taab7l$qrk7$1 at dont-email.me>, "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>> On 7/8/22 5:11 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <taa926$qlsg$1 at dont-email.me>, "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>>>> On 7/8/22 4:50 PM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>> In article <5eb21284-ac77-4313-bed5-665d6578ee26n at googlegroups.com>, Ian Miller <gxys at uk2.net> writes:
>>>>>> https://vmssoftware.com/about/news/2022-07-08-state-of-the-92-release-ready/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's MACRO32 compiler so Brian will be happy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, but I won't have the Micro$oft loader or VM to run it.
>>>>
>>>> What?  You can run it on a VM on Linux or macOS.
>>>
>>> Bare metal?
>>
>> At some point, yes,  Not currently.  But there is no "Micro$oft loader"
>> involved unless you want a Windows host as opposed to the alternatives.
> 
> What BestBuy PoS X86 box, that won't carry Billy Tax, capable of running OpenVM
> cost meS?

You can buy PC's without Windows many places.

I think Best Buy only sell with Windows. But you can get
a PC for like 400 dollars. And if one can believe the internet
then MS only gets around 15 dollars of it.

Arne