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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-05-09 01:39, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 5/8/2023 6:32 PM, terry-... at glaver.org wrote:
> 
>> If you just mean running a complete VAX/VMS environment, since
>> x86-64 VMS already runs under a hypervisor it would probably be
>> better to just run vanilla SIMH as another VM. If VSI ever releases
>> a "cluster compatibility kit" for VAX/VMS, it could even be a poten-
>> tially-supported cluster environment.
> 
> I can say with a staggeringly high level of confidence that
> VSI will *never* release anything for the VAX.
> 
> As I've said before, we have the rights to release
> a VSI-built version of VAX/VMS, but we won't.

Fully understood and understandable.

But there is a whole lot of people who wish VSI would just re-release 
V7.3 with a VSI stamp on it, so it could be handled for hobbyists.

But I understand that even that is probably too much work to be worth 
it. Extremely little return on any work done.

   Johnny