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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/8/2022 8:52 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> 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?
> 
> The first question will be, what VM software will you use.
> 
> VMWARE didn't like my network card.
> 
> Inquire first, be sure all will work, before purchasing.
> 
> I have used Virtual Box, but, I'm not very proficient with it.  I 
> understand the advantages of using a VM.  I just don't want to spend 
> time learning to use a VM.

Re VMWare there is a big difference between VMWare player
(VM's running on Linux or Windows) and VMWare ESXi that runs
on metal.

I would expect development to use Player and
production to use ESXi.

ESXi can be a bit picky about the hardware. But that is
somewhat to be expected from "metal" and "production".

Arne