diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.hpp b/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.hpp
index 3506206e..3d6632a3 100644
--- a/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.hpp
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.hpp
@@ -1,2 +1,36 @@
 /** @file DVsmRcx.hpp
-n*
+ *
+ *  @author Roland Conybeare, Feb 2026
+ **/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <xo/alloc2/Allocator.hpp>
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+        // see xo-interpreter/ VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp
+        class VirtualSchematikaMachine; 
+
+        /** @brief Runtime context for schematika interpreter
+         *
+         *  Provides allocator
+         **/
+        class DVsmRcx {
+        public:
+            using AAllocator = xo::mm::AAllocator;
+
+        public:
+            DVsmRcx(VirtualSchematikaMachine * vsm);
+
+            obj<AAllocator> allocator() const noexcept;
+
+        private:
+            /** schematika interpreter **/
+            VirtualSchematikaMachine * vsm_ = nullptr;;
+        };
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+/* end DVsmRcx.hpp */
+
diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp b/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp
index f28c5bef..af551d04 100644
--- a/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/include/xo/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ namespace xo {
         public:
             VirtualSchematikaMachine(const VsmConfig & config);
 
+            /** allocator for schematika data **/
+            obj<AAllocator> allocator() const noexcept;
+
             /** visit vsm-owned memory pools; call visitor(info) for each **/
             void visit_pools(const MemorySizeVisitor & visitor) const;
 
diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/CMakeLists.txt b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/CMakeLists.txt
index 373f6138..b02a4a7a 100644
--- a/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ set(SELF_SRCS
     IPrintable_DLocalEnv.cpp
     DLocalEnv.cpp
 
+    DVsmRcx.cpp
+
     VsmInstr.cpp
-
-
-    #IExpression_Any.cpp
     )
 
 xo_add_shared_library4(${SELF_LIB} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets ${PROJECT_VERSION} 1 ${SELF_SRCS})
diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.cpp b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92e153bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/DVsmRcx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/** @file DVsmRcx.cpp
+ *
+ *  @author Roland Conybeare, Feb 2026
+ **/
+
+#include "DVsmRcx.hpp"
+#include "VirtualSchematikaMachine.hpp"
+
+namespace xo {
+    using xo::mm::AAllocator;
+
+    namespace scm {
+
+        DVsmRcx::DVsmRcx(VirtualSchematikaMachine * vsm) : vsm_{vsm} {}
+
+        obj<AAllocator>
+        DVsmRcx::allocator() const noexcept
+        {
+            return vsm_->allocator();
+        }
+
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+/* end DVsmRcx.cpp */
diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.cpp b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.cpp
index c62a723f..2b07791f 100644
--- a/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.cpp
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/src/interpreter2/VirtualSchematikaMachine.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace xo {
     using xo::print::ppstate_standalone;
     using xo::mm::AGCObject;
     //using xo::mm::MemorySizeInfo;  // not used yet
+    using xo::mm::AAllocator;
     using xo::mm::DX1Collector;
     using xo::facet::FacetRegistry;
     using std::cout;
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ namespace xo {
             // TODO: allocate global_env
         }
 
+        obj<AAllocator>
+        VirtualSchematikaMachine::allocator() const noexcept
+        {
+            return mm_.to_op();
+        }
+
         void
         VirtualSchematikaMachine::visit_pools(const MemorySizeVisitor & visitor) const
         {
diff --git a/xo-interpreter2/utest/VirtualSchematikaMachine.test.cpp b/xo-interpreter2/utest/VirtualSchematikaMachine.test.cpp
index ee4ca351..4213764b 100644
--- a/xo-interpreter2/utest/VirtualSchematikaMachine.test.cpp
+++ b/xo-interpreter2/utest/VirtualSchematikaMachine.test.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,47 @@ namespace xo {
             vsm.visit_pools(visitor);
         }
 
+#ifdef NOT_YET
+        TEST_CASE("VirtualSchematikaMachine-apply2", "[interpreter2][VSM]")
+        {
+            scope log(XO_DEBUG(true));
+
+            VsmConfig cfg;
+            VirtualSchematikaMachine vsm(cfg);
+
+            bool eof_flag = false;
+
+            vsm.begin_interactive_session();
+            VsmResultExt res
+                = vsm.read_eval_print(span_type::from_cstr
+                                          ("(lambda (x : i64, y : i64) { x * y; })(13, 15);"),
+                                      eof_flag);
+
+            REQUIRE(res.is_value());
+            REQUIRE(res.value());
+
+            log && log(xtag("res.tseq", res.value()->_typeseq()));
+
+            auto x = obj<AGCObject,DClosure>::from(*res.value());
+
+            REQUIRE(x);
+            //REQUIRE(x.data()->value() == 1.570796325);
+
+            REQUIRE(res.remaining_.size() == 1);
+            REQUIRE(*res.remaining_.lo() == '\n');
+
+            auto visitor = [&log](const MemorySizeInfo & info) {
+                log && log(xtag("resource", info.resource_name_),
+                           xtag("used", info.used_),
+                           xtag("alloc", info.allocated_),
+                           xtag("commit", info.committed_),
+                           xtag("resv", info.reserved_));
+            };
+
+            FacetRegistry::instance().visit_pools(visitor);
+            vsm.visit_pools(visitor);
+        }
+#endif
     } /*namespace ut*/
 } /*namespace xo*/