[Simh] Fwd: EXT : Alpha under SIMH

[Mark Wickens]

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> From: Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk>
> Date: 19 February 2016 at 23:32:29 EET
> To: Dave L <davel.rss at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Simh] EXT : Alpha under SIMH
> 
> I've had excellent support for FreeAXP from Artem when emulating my AlphaServer on a Windows host and I hope if they are not currently offering a personal use license that they will in the future as it is an excellent product.
> 
> Please note that I'm not traditionally a Windows fanboy and indeed for about 20 years lived happily without it but I bought an hp ds360 server with a Windows 2012rc licence and although planning to install UNIX thought I'd give it a go. The most annoying part is having to reboot for security upgrades and I appreciate that would be enough to put a lot of folks off but it does open the world up a little and http://hecnet.eu is server by a FreeAXP instance.
> 
> Regards, Mark
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On 19 Feb 2016, at 22:17, Dave L <davel.rss at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> if you take a look at this site you can find the link to download personalAplha ;-)
>> http://jonesrh.info/dcll/dcll_why_i_use.html#VMS_Hobbyist_solutions
>> 
>> Also the Idleloop installer info if you'll need it - not recommended for non-hobyist configs tho.
>> 
>> I've used both FreeAXP and Charon (personal & official) and they run VMS fine. Have recently loaded Tru64 5.1B on FreeAXP but not had much time to play with it. Running on an i7 Windows-10 laptop I didn't notice any performance loss and the emulator performed fine. Can only run one instance of FreeAXP at a time though so cannot set up a cluster or have VMS & Tru64 both running simultaneously. Networking I can't comment yet as not bothered so far given the laptop isn't tethered to a network point, only using WiFi ATM.
>> 
>> regards
>> Dave
>> 
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:16:53 -0000, Hittner, David T (IS) <david.hittner at ngc.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not correct. Migration Specialties offers FreeAXP, which is a reduced performance Alpha.
>>> I don't know if StromaSys still offers Personal Alpha or not.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Simh [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Zane Healy
>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 1:05 PM
>>> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Simh] EXT : Alpha under SIMH
>>> 
>>> Am I correct that none of the Commercial solutions offer a “Hobbyist” emulator for the DEC Alpha anymore?
>>> 
>>> Zane
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Hittner, David T (IS) <david.hittner at ngc.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> No. SIMH Alpha is just the CPU, no system (motherboard) and no peripherals. It is not in a runnable state.
>>>> 
>>>> Alpha emulations are available commercially from multiple sources:
>>>>   Migration Specialties
>>>>   SRI (Charon)
>>>>   AVTware
>>>>   etc.
>>>> 
>>>> Dave Hittner
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Simh [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com] On Behalf Of Robert Thomas
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:13 PM
>>>> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
>>>> Subject: EXT :[Simh] Alpha under SIMH
>>>> 
>>>> We are on the verge of having to retire our AlphaStation XP1000.  We have experimented with some of the commercial emulators, but based on very positive experience with the VAX emulation under simh are wondering if the AXP EV5 emulation that is hinted at on the simh web site is available and functional?
>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Robert F. Thomas
>>>> 
>>>> 44 Industrial Way
>>>> Norwood, MA USA 02062
>>>> N  Office Phone - (781) 329-9200
>>>> O mail to: rft at asthomas.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
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