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Alpha server running OpenVMS questi

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Name: nop
Date: July 31, 2004 at 07:03:02 Pacific
OS: OpenVMS
CPU/Ram: RISC
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Hello,
I'm a network admin, and I've got an Alpha server running OpenVMS.
I did find some .exe files but i tried to run them, and failed, my guess is that they exist from the earlier, VAX system...
I want to bring them home and analyze them. can anyone tell me which headers those files use? (OpenVMS and VAX OSes) and where can I disassemble them ?

(or better yet, emulate thier running, although I doubt it exist on x86...)



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Name: Hakan Andersson (by HakAnd)
Date: August 2, 2004 at 04:12:27 Pacific
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There are some VAX-emulators that runs on PC.

http://www.computing.net/openvms/wwwboard/forum/294.html


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Response Number 2
Name: WillemGrooters
Date: August 9, 2004 at 07:48:47 Pacific
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If it's not an ALPHA image, the message you get would tell you so. What message do you get?

As Hakan stated, there are VAX emulators for PC; the most versatile is Charon-VAX - when running on HP hardware, fully supported - but that requires big, 2 processor hardware and a license.

You could try to VEST them (migrate to Alpha) but that may not work when privileged code is involved (which may be the case).

Willem

Willem Grooters


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