Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems

> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:18:35PM +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:
> > On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed
> > > to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You
> > > know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I
> > > would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)
> > 
> > You can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:
> > http://deathrow.vistech.net/
> > 
> > If you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin
> > team is pretty supportive and friendly.
> 
> You should check out polarhome.com if you want a variety of platforms
> to muck about on, including IRIX, Plan 9, OpenVMS Vax, OpenVMS Alpha
> etc.
> 
> I work on VMS systems at the moment and i thought of attempting to
> port git for the hell of it. I decided not to bother for a variety of
> reasons, but mostly because it looked like too much work :)