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

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On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 11:56:16 AM UTC-4, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2023-05-10 00:56, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> > On 5/9/2023 12:44 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: 
> >> On 2023-05-09 17:52, Dave Froble wrote: 
> >>> 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? 
> >> 
> >> simh would be perfectly reasonable. 
> > 
> > What about build time?
> Probably a fraction of what it took 20 years ago. Assuming it can be 
> done without having every model of a VAX available for building. 
> simh only simulates a subset of existing VAXen. But it moves on very 
> fast compared to any VAX of old... Hardware have just become so much 
> faster... 
> 
> Johnny
This is correct.  I still have my VAX 3800 and using the Charon emulator on a 2,4Ghz box, the emulator blows away the "real" hardware in performance.
OpenVMS V5.5-2 used in both cases.

Dan