Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-19 Thread Clem Cole
>>> rdbms is a poor man's alternative. >>> >>> vax vms is truly unique. >>> and will always be my favorite. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> Try: https://www.grammarly.com >>> >>> -- >>> *From:* Simh on behalf of Ke

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-19 Thread Dan Gahlinger
make it convert to python and I'm there Try: https://www.grammarly.com From: Simh on behalf of Kevin Handy Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:20:42 PM To: E J Jaquay Cc: Simh Subject: Re: [Simh] hp alternatives Porting VAX Basic... Sort of... I have

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-19 Thread Kevin Handy
e. >> and will always be my favorite. >> >> Dan >> >> Try: https://www.grammarly.com >> >> -- >> *From:* Simh on behalf of Kevin Handy < >> khandy2...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:44:53 PM >> *To:* S

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-19 Thread Dan Gahlinger
: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:20:06 AM To: simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: Re: [Simh] hp alternatives I have been able to replace RMS indexed files with BerkelyDB without many issues so that is one alternative. Just have to replace I/O statements with functions that do the appropriate calls. On Wed

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-19 Thread E J Jaquay
my favorite. > > Dan > > Try: https://www.grammarly.com > > -- > *From:* Simh on behalf of Kevin Handy < > khandy2...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:44:53 PM > *To:* Simh > *Subject:* [Simh] hp alternatives > > Since G

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-18 Thread Gregg Levine
I agree.. Once again HP is doing something revolting by exiting a valuable arena, by ending VMS for hobbyists, this is indeed something for those of us who do, to look into. - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again." On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at

Re: [Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-18 Thread Dan Gahlinger
. Dan Try: https://www.grammarly.com From: Simh on behalf of Kevin Handy Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:44:53 PM To: Simh Subject: [Simh] hp alternatives Since GP is exiting the VMS arena, and dropping the hobbyist licenses, I was wondering about

[Simh] hp alternatives

2020-03-18 Thread Kevin Handy
Since GP is exiting the VMS arena, and dropping the hobbyist licenses, I was wondering about alternatives for running old VMS code. There are plenty of C, FORTRAN, etc compilers on Linux/etc, but if there were comparable VMS libraries (open source) for things like RMS, SMG, LBR, etc, then many