[comp.os.vms] RSX under VMS5.0--how good/bad?

ignatz@chinet.UUCP (Dave Ihnat) (07/14/88)

We're in the position at my current contract site of having to maintain a
large project that was developed for PDP-11 embedded systems.  As time has
passed, we've been forced to use RSX under VMS 4.5 to run native PDP MAC-11
and TKB-11 to produce the final product.

Our big problem is that, between 4.5 and 4.6/4.7, Digital changed the format
of the resultant object files from the MAC, thus breaking a lot of development
tools.  As a result, we're stuck at 4.5 until we resolve the changes. I
understand this has bitten a lot of other people, too, from comments at the
last DECUS get-together.

Now, our question is--has anyone had any experience with this type of 
environment under VMS 5.0?  Did they 'undo' the incompatibilities introduced
as of 4.6?  This is a fairly important issue to us.

Anyone's experiences in this area would be greatly appreciated; please respond
to me via E-mail.  Thanks in advance, etc.

	Dave Ihnat
	Analysts International Corporation
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