[Simh] Is Alpha AXP in SIMH's future?

Bill Cunningham billcun at suddenlink.net
Tue Mar 3 14:47:49 EST 2015


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> On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:31:58 -0800
> Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 9:26 AM, lists at openmailbox.org wrote:
>> > Is an Alpha machine capable of running OpenVMS in SIMH's future? I know
>> > there are several Alpha emulators for Linux and Windows but I really
>> > like SIMH since it runs on pretty much any UNIX-like OS and doesn't
>> > depend on having a 64-bit Linux installed.
>>
>> Well, Bob implemented the guts of an Alpha simulator and that code is in
>> the current github repository.
>>
>> Bob classified this simulator in the 'beta' category, with beta, in this
>> case, meaning 'a simulator which hasn't been finished'.
>>
>> If someone has the ability and interest to get this simulator fully
>> working, I'll be here to support those activities.
>
> I wish I could help but sadly I can't since C and I don't get along. 
> Thanks
> for the update.

    C's been rough to me too. But I keep trying. It and 16 bit assembly I 
will eventually master :)

Bill



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