[Simh] alpha emulator

[Cory Smelosky]

There is also alphavm-free unless that's just a different name 

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> On Oct 1, 2016, at 20:54, Jeremy Begg <jeremy at vsm.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill
> 
>>   Ok since I have been told the alpha simh emulator isn't booting yet. I
>> guess I have two questions:
>> 
>> o does anyone know when it should be complete or what's going on? Maybe I
>> should check the main page or something.
> 
> I suspect there is no activity.
> 
>> o And two, is there any emulators that can be used until then? Something to
>> run openVMS on.
> 
> There are at least three commercial Alpha emulators, and two of those have
> free versions which run under Windows:
> 
> * Charon-AXP
> * FreeAXP
> 
> They both restrict the emulated system RAM and disk configuration but are
> enough to run OpenVMS.  (The paid-for versions are somewhat more realistic
> in the configuration of the emulated hardware.)
> 
> The third one is "vtAlpha" made by AVTware.  I don't think they have a free
> version.  Unlike the other two, vtAlpha does not require a full Windows or
> Linix host operating system; instead, it has basic Linux kernel which boots
> the x86-84 CPU and starts the emulator.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>       Jeremy Begg
> 
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