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  • MultiNet V6.0 on OpenVMS x86_64 beta-testing

    From Hunter Goatley@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 9 17:20:40 2025
    Process Software will soon be beta-testing MultiNet V6.0 for OpenVMS
    x86_64! If you're interested in trying MultiNet on OpenVMS x86_64, you
    can drop me an email for more information.

    --
    Hunter
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    Hunter Goatley, Process Software, https://www.process.com/ goathunter@goatley.com, https://hunter.goatley.com/

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?=@21:1/5 to Hunter Goatley on Mon Jun 9 18:59:27 2025
    On 6/9/2025 5:20 PM, Hunter Goatley wrote:
    Process Software will soon be beta-testing MultiNet V6.0 for OpenVMS
    x86_64!

    Curious. Is this the first 6.x version for x86-64 or is it
    the first version ever for x86-64?

    Arne

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  • From Simon Clubley@21:1/5 to Hunter Goatley on Tue Jun 10 18:33:06 2025
    On 2025-06-09, Hunter Goatley <goathunter@goatley.com> wrote:
    Process Software will soon be beta-testing MultiNet V6.0 for OpenVMS
    x86_64! If you're interested in trying MultiNet on OpenVMS x86_64, you
    can drop me an email for more information.


    It would be interesting to know how much effort was involved in moving
    the kernel/device driver code from Alpha/Itanium to x86-64.

    Any nasty surprises ? Any pleasant surprises, given the new kernel
    and driver changes for x86-64 VMS ?

    This port is a very good data point and it would be interesting to hear
    about anything which stood out in the porting process.

    Thanks,

    Simon.

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    Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
    Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?=@21:1/5 to Simon Clubley on Tue Jun 10 15:24:43 2025
    On 6/10/2025 2:33 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
    On 2025-06-09, Hunter Goatley <goathunter@goatley.com> wrote:
    Process Software will soon be beta-testing MultiNet V6.0 for OpenVMS
    x86_64! If you're interested in trying MultiNet on OpenVMS x86_64, you
    can drop me an email for more information.

    It would be interesting to know how much effort was involved in moving
    the kernel/device driver code from Alpha/Itanium to x86-64.

    Any nasty surprises ? Any pleasant surprises, given the new kernel
    and driver changes for x86-64 VMS ?

    This port is a very good data point and it would be interesting to hear
    about anything which stood out in the porting process.

    It could be interesting to know the effort to port the
    Macro-32 code in the driver.

    But the driver must be a tiny tiny fraction of the
    overall code base.

    Arne

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  • From Hunter Goatley@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 19 10:51:30 2025
    On 6/9/2025 6:59 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
    On 6/9/2025 5:20 PM, Hunter Goatley wrote:
    Process Software will soon be beta-testing MultiNet V6.0 for OpenVMS
    x86_64!

    Curious. Is this the first 6.x version for x86-64 or is it
    the first version ever for x86-64?


    It's the first version ever for x86_64.

    Hunter

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