[Info-vax] The attempts to keep Linux on Itanium (attempt number 0x7fff_ffff)

[John Dallman]

In article <uk24kf$3p76p$1 at dont-email.me>,
clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:
> On 2023-11-25, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
> > It's much easier anyway to just install OpenVMS on x86!
> And as mentioned earlier, _that_ removes the last possible reason to
> want an Itanium full-system emulator. :-)

For anything commercial, sure. The motives of enthusiasts can be somewhat
different. It's possible they're nostalgic for the SGI Altix 350 or 450
systems, which just might imply they managed to get them to do something
useful. If so, that's a feat worth remembering. 

John