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|    Re: Semper VMS - Nuclear Mode    |
|    24 Oct 25 10:45:18    |
      From: bill.gunshannon@gmail.com              On 10/24/2025 8:49 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:       > On 10/24/2025 8:31 AM, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:       >> How Charon-AXP Saved a Nuclear Power Plant from Shutdown       >>       >> https://www.stromasys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tai_Powe       _vax_case_study_20200622_A4.pdf       >       > Good story.       >       > Eventually they would need to migrate from VMS Alpha to VMS x86-64       > though.       >       > But plenty of runway with VSI supporting VMS Alpha 8.4-2Ln until       > end of 2035.       >       > The migration to VMS x86-64 may depend on required stuff being       > available. A nuclear power plant is one of those customers that       > could be using Ada.       >              Last I heard some of them are still using PDP-11's. I think that       rules out Ada. :-)              bill              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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