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

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On Thu, 2023-05-11 at 08:10 -0400, bill wrote:
> On 5/11/2023 7:28 AM, David Jones wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 2:05:43 PM UTC-4, Bob Wilson wrote:
> > > The last type of VAX system that we used to build VAX VMS was a
> > > VAX 7600 (6 cpu), w/maximum memory, etc. (it was named SOXFAN for
> > > all your Red Sox fans out there)
> > > 
> > > As I recall a VMS O/S build didn't take terribly long (couple of
> > > hours, I think...the 7600 was a screamer)
> > 
> > Part of the VMS lore I remember is that the 782 had just enough
> > horsepower to build the OS (much
> > smaller back then) over night..
> 
> Unless, of course, someone was running the Ada Compiler. Then it
> could easily take a month.  :-)

Now it probably takes a few mins on a threadripper :-D
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