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Using OpenVMS with a UNIX system?

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The Question is:

 
Can alpha openvms be emulated in a digital unix
environment?

The Answer is :

 
  A partial (very limited) emulation of the user-level source-level
  environment may be possible on other platforms.  The Wizard would
  fully expect that a moderate to full emulation of OpenVMS on another
  platform would be exceedingly difficult -- at best.
 
  Using the console os_type environment variable (set it to OpenVMS), a
  valid OpenVMS license, and a separate SCSI disk, you can entirely avoid
  the need to emulate.
 
  We did demonstrate Digital UNIX, Windows NT, and OpenVMS all running in
  the same AlphaServer 8400 -- at the same time -- several years ago.
  (This was a technology demonstration at the 1997 Anaheim DECUS, and is
  not available as a product.)
 


  

     
     
answer written or last revised on ( 20-NOV-1998 )

     
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