On 10/08/2012 3:10 PM, Paul_Koning at Dell.com wrote: On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:07 PM, <hvlems at zonnet.nl> wrote: Correct, Windows started off on four platforms so the intimacy of VMS with the VAX was just not there. But VMS was a lot farther away from Alpha too. I don't think that's accurate. Most operating systems are not closely tied to a specific platform. And in the case of VMS, the Alpha architecture had some specific attributes that were meant to make porting VMS easier. I agree. Alpha architecture was done with a posteriori and first-hand internal knowledge of VMS and where it was headed / what it's customers needed. I had a pre-release AXP Architecture Handbook which would confirm, if I could lay my hands on the tree ware. But this is OT, I suppose. Phil M -- "Worry is a misuse of imagination." -- Some Guy Called Dan Zadra