[Info-vax] VMS on Raspberry Pi 5

Ahem A Rivet's Shot steveo at eircom.net
Mon Nov 13 01:26:31 EST 2023


On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 22:48:31 -0500
"56d.1152" <56d.1152 at ztq9.net> wrote:

>    I always liked VMS - well ahead of its time.
>    HOPING some basement-dwelling guru will create
>    a Pi-runnable version with some more "modern"
>    features added.
> 
>    Hey, there's a Plan-9 for Pi ... there could be
>    a VMS as well !

	Plan 9 was designed to be portable and released as source code. VMS
was designed for the VAX and while it has been ported to the PC the source
code has not been released. Any port to the Pi would have to be done by VMS
Software who make their money selling commercial VMS licenses.

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