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Compiling Tetris from 1992 on OpenVMS x86 in 2024

Raymii.orgQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? Home | About | All pages | Cluster Status | RSS Feed Compiling TETRIS from 1992 on OpenVMS x86 in 2024! Published: 18-08-2024 14:33 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article Table of Contents Since DECWindows / CDE now works on OpenVMS x86 (from 9.2-3 onwards) there is much fun stuff to do. Back in 2021 I wrote an article on the CDE desktop on Alpha / AXPbox and also an article on how to run CDE on modern linux, since it's still developed.

After getting the (remote) desktop working I wanted to compile and run Tetris to continue this lineage, from VAX, to Alpha, to Linux/CDE, to x86 VMS. I had some issues with my friendly local FTP server so I choose to use a VirtualBox feature to transfer the installation files and sources over to my OpenVMS Virtual Machine via an ISO. Tags: alpha, blog, cde, dec, decwindows, games, itanium, openvms, pdp, rust, tetris, vax, virtualbox, vms, vsi, x86

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