sdpage%sevax.prg.oxford.ac.uk%cs.ucl.ac.uk@BRL.ARP (Stephen Page) (08/01/86)
The University of Oxford is investigating possibilities for replacement
of some of its central computing service equipment. If a Unix system is
considered as one option, it would be useful if a VMS-like shell could
be provided for those users who prefer it.
Can anyone offer information on the availability of a VMS emulation
shell? In particular, we would be interested to hear comments based on
experiences with using such a shell on a large system (100+ users, with
a substantial percentage assumed to be using the VMS shell).
Please reply to the list, or directly to the address below if you prefer.
- Stephen Page
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Convex is currently developing a VMS Shell for its mini-supercomputer C1 containing a subset of the VMS commands. I believe Elxsi has a VMS Shell for its system as well. I am not sure how much of VMS they will be emulating as far as command functionality (parameters, qualifiers, and output). I am having a similar problem. The majority of the systems here run VMS and UNIX is slowly (!!!) creeping in. I have started work on a VMS (DCL) shell (in C) to make it easy for VMS users to transition to UNIX; it will translate VMS commands to their UNIX equivalents (if applicable). I don't want to give the users too much compatibility because I want them to learn about UNIX. You're welcome to my current work if it helps at all. If you discover anything else on this, please let me know. - Gene Guglielmo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Naval Weapons Center ARPA: sefunix@nwc-143b China Lake, CA. USA Tel: 619-939-3661 ------