[Simh] alpha emulator

[Jason Stevens]

Oh wow, I wondered what happened..  Es40 was too promising to just evaporate.  Thanks for the update 

On 02 October 2016 3:25:57 PM GMT+08:00, Jeremy Begg <jeremy at vsm.com.au> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>>Es40 was another
>>http://www.es40.org/Homepage
>
>Discontinued in 2009.
>
>>On 02 October 2016 3:13:15 PM GMT+08:00, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net>
>wrote:
>>>There is also alphavm-free unless that's just a different name
>
>AlphaVM-Free is discontinued, according to their web site,
>
>FYI the creator of the ES40 project went on to write the Avanti/FreeAXP
>emulator mentioned earlier.  He now works for VMS Software Inc, working
>on the next release of OpenVMS.  Last week I saw him give a very
>interesting
>presentation comparing the VAX, Alpha, Itanium and x86 architectures.
>
>Regards,
>
>	Jeremy Begg
>
>
>>>On Oct 1, 2016, at 20:54, Jeremy Begg < jeremy at vsm.com.au
>>><mailto: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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