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From: steve@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Steve Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: DEC help needed
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.040611.22361@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>
Date: 5 Jun 91 04:06:11 GMT
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Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA
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blee@plains.NoDak.edu (Blaine Lee) writes:


>I would like some information on DECs.  The business I work for started
>operating this system for another company.

...

>In their infinate wisdom the purchasers 'saved money' and did not purchase a
>compiler of any type.  Is the Micro VAX line up/down wardly compatible?  ie
>could I transfer a compiled version of GNU C from another machine (not
>necesarily a 3900)?

The whole VAX/VMS line is binary compatible, from the ancient VAX
11/7xx, the lowly uVAX II & uVAX 2000 all the way to the top of the
line VAX 9000 mainframes.  That's been one of DEC's claims to fame
from the beginning of the VAX.  The only binary incompatibilities I've
run across are between major releases of VMS - occasionally they've
changed libraries and broken executables that way.  But a recompile
and relink usually fixes even that.

Enjoy your new VAX - it's a fine machine, and VMS is a solid, robust
operating system.
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                           -  Steve Mitchell	
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