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

[Arne Vajhøj]

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.

If you mean a true emulator then I don't see the point - there are
plenty of such products available from third parties. If anyone need
one, then they buy one. No need for VSI to do anything.

(VSI would also have a small problem supplying a VMS version for
a VAX simulator)

If you mean something like VEST or AEST (which is a translation not
an emulation) - it would probably be called IEST to follow naming
convention, then my guess is that if VSI were DEC/HP size, then they
would have created such a beast, but they are not. VSI is a smaller
company and they have to prioritize. IEST with the possibility to
also process images that has already been through AEST and
possible VEST would be a lot of work. So they decided not to do it.

Arne