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, Mar 18, 2020, 20:10 Dan Gahlinger <dgahl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > is there a way to port vax basic? > please dont say visual basic, it's awful. > > heck even vax Pascal is vastly different from free Pascal. > > dcl? nothing remotely like it really, bash? > > how about indexed files? > 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 <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Kevin Handy < > khandy2...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2020 6:44:53 PM > *To:* Simh <simh@trailing-edge.com> > *Subject:* [Simh] hp alternatives > > 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 programs culd be run on other platforms. > > I know there are commercial products like these, BUT The licensing doesn't > help hobbyist who want to share code. > > Are there any of these available? I've done a few functions to convert VMS > calls to Linux calls before, but only for a few functions. > > I just thought it would be another way to simulate some of VMS st another > level than simh/vax/vms. > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
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