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   bill to All   
   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   
      
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