[Info-vax] Installing VMS Pascal on AXP

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-07-29, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-07-29 at 13:00 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> > I have successfully installed VMS C, C++ and Fortran on AXP,
>> > running OpenVMS V8.4-L2. When I try to install VMS Pascal, it
>> > crashes out with
>> > this error:
>> > 
>> Are you using an emulator to run Alpha VMS and if so, which one ?
>
> Originally I was using the ES40 emulator, but I've since switched to
> AXPbox as that appears to have more fixes included. 
>

That's what I suspected, thanks.

To everyone else: I think asking if someone is running on an emulator,
and if so, which emulator, should be a standard question from now on
when unusual errors such as the one Alex experienced are reported.

Simon.

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