[Info-vax] VSI Community License Program - x86

[issinoho]

On Monday, 10 April 2023 at 01:05:52 UTC+1, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 4/9/2023 11:35 AM, bill wrote: 
> > On 4/9/2023 11:27 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote: 
> >> On 4/9/23 9:56 AM, bill wrote: 
> >>> I haven't downloaded it yet but I hope to get to it this week. 
> >>> I will probably try VirtualBox on Windows10. 
> >>> Can anyone tell me what compilers come with it as that is what I 
> >>> would be most interested in trying out. 
> >> 
> >> Looks like there are field test versions of C (traditional front end 
> >> with LLVM translator), C++ (based on clang++), and FORTRAN.  IIRC COBOL 
> >> is supposed to be next with BASIC "hopefully this year." 
> > 
> > Well, that's a small bummer.  My biggest interest is in COBOL but I 
> > guess I could play with the Fortran a bit.  But my interest in Fortran 
> > runs out around Fortran-77.  :-)
> It should compile Fortran 77 just fine. 
> 
> Arne

For anyone contemplating using VirtualBox, I couldn't work out (easily) how to get a serial connection to the terminal and found the entire VMware Player experience vastly better. It just works.