[Info-vax] clock problems with OpenVMS x86 on VirtualBox

[bill]

On 5/8/2023 8:53 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 5/8/2023 8:40 AM, bill wrote:
>> On 5/7/2023 11:34 PM, terry-... at glaver.org wrote:
>>> On Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 10:05:59 PM UTC-4, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>>>> There is no VEST/TIE-like mechanism for running non-X86 code on VMS 
>>>> for X86_64.
>>>
>>> Do I remember correctly that some method of running Alpha user code was
>>> planned for a future release?
>>
>> At this point I am amazed there isn't a VAX and an Alpha emulator
>> included as a part of VMS-x86_64 to allow people to run code that
>> can not be moved forward.
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> "At this point" x86 VMS does not have all the compilers working on x86, 
> and the OS build is not native.  "At this point" I have no idea why 
> you'd think such software would have any priority.
> 

Because we often hear that there are still people running Vaxen
with VMS on them and I expect moving a program from the VAX to
x86-64 would be difficult if not impossible (especially if it
has any MACRO in it!) VAX hardware is getting rarer and rarer.
I just see it as an alternative to trying to develop a VEST.

Alpha is in a similar but not quite as near to extinction.

bill