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First OpenVMS Boot On IA64

Posted by chrisd on from the hp-isn't-so-bad-I-guess dept.

vaxzilla writes "At 3:31pm EST on Friday, January 31st, 2003, OpenVMS for the Intel IA64 architecture successfully booted and ran a DIR command. The Intel Itanium family of processors is the third architecture supported by OpenVMS in its 25 year history. Originally it ran on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX systems; in the early 1990s, support was added for the DEC Alpha processors. Following the acquisition of DEC by Compaq, and more recently Compaq by HP, the Itanium and Itanium2 port of OpenVMS is now being undertaken by HP. Congratulations on a job well done to the folks at ZK03 in Nashua, NH!"

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  1. well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    thank god for that!

  2. Wow!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    An itanium based platform can produce a listing of files!!!!

    This is truly a breakthrough. Intel is waay ahead in computing than companies like Nike or Coca Cola.

  3. Re:If only ... by Darwin+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well...considering the heat which Intel processors tend to generate...you could probably just lay your bread in your case...and next thing you know...
    TOAST!

  4. The more things change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Notice they don't actually show you the directory listing in question?

    Because it was PR0N.

  5. Re:If only ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to mention bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns. (Ooh, I have a Perl hashing function that a friend designed which would make EXCELLENT hashbrowns)

  6. In other news: by jim3e8 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Commodore One successfully executes LOAD FROGGER,8,1!

  7. Re:If only ... by cscx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah, this has already been done by some British guy... :D

  8. WOW! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!!

    No, wait... what the hell does this matter? We're shutting the few remaining vaxes at work off soon...isn't everyone?

    - A.P.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  9. Re:If only ... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If only my toaster was powered by Itanium!"

    What, your Athlon processor has disappointed you?