[Simh] OPEN VMS Tech Journal article on VAX emulation]

[Wilm Boerhout]

Rich Alderson wrote on 24-5-2006 18:00...

> Charon-VAX is very interesting because it is an actively supported platform for
> OpenVMS, so that if you want to continue to run the OS without trying to main-
> tain VAX hardware, it is certainly the way to go.
>
> Unlike SimH, of course, it's dedicated to a single architecture and tries to be
> the very best emulation of that architecture, as a commercial venture, rather
> than being a platform for experimentation with a number of architectures.  In
> this it is similar to the PDP-10 emulator KLH10, which for a while was offered
> as a commercial product by Digital (as an Alpha migration tool, forsooth).
 
The same company that sells and supports CHARON-VAX, also carries the 
CHARON-11 emulator and, since a few months, also the CHARON-AXP Alpha 
emulator. See www.alphaemulator.com

/Wilm