Re: New Vax - future directions :-)

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On 7/7/21 10:48 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> If I wanted to run old VMS, seems like simh would be a simpler way.
>>
>>    Simpler, and lesser...but that seems not to be the point.  Don't get
>> me wrong, simh is amazing and I use it all the time, but face it, it's
>> the computer equivalent of an inflatable rubber girl doll.  It will get
>> the job done, but real hardware is a whole lot more satisfying.
>>
>>    Seriously, who where wouldn't be interested in, say, a 1U rackmount
>> current-hardware VAX?
> 
> If you want to run VMS V1, you need to make the machine behave exactly
> like the 11/780. That is my issue. :-)
> You can't even run V1 on a real VAX-11/750.

  Well...that I suppose is understandable. :)  But while we're all
trying to pull Ragge in different directions with our wish lists, it's
going to be up to him what he does with this wonderful project.

         -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA