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

[Dave Froble]

On 5/9/2023 8:52 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> 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
>

I can guess that perhaps the biggest technical reason is the lack of old VAX 
hardware to test against.  A few edits and firing up the build procedure might 
be possible.  But on what HW do you run the build procedure?

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