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Termux is amazing, I'm able to run my VAX/VMS 11-780 machine on my phone now, thanks to it and SimH. I always wanted a VAX, now I have one in my pocket. 8)

I really appreciate the keyboard handling they add, so you can do almost everything you'd normally need a real keyboard for, on a magic glass slab.



What do you do with a VAX machine on your phone?


Not much, but it's only about 16 Gb of space, and it makes me happy. 8)

Eventually I would like to see it run STOIC and Teco, if I can figure out how to get the appropriate languages and libraries installed.

I have a fondness for Teco for some reason. It was the tool of the ancients back in my student days.

I think it's mostly nostalgia.




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