[Simh] EXT :Re: DEC Alpha Emulation

[Clem Cole]

dyslexia sucks, sorry...   s/could properly/couldn't properly/

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Clem cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:

> Be careful.  The comment about many of the pci boards were only NT while
> that is true really is somewhat different.  For instance both vms an tru64
> (and FreeBSD for that matter) will all boot and run fine with an Adaptec
> 1542 controller (the 500au in my office only had same in it)
>
> The SPD never spoke of it because neither TruCluster nor VMScluster
> ​couldn't
>  properly do failover on them do to issues in the Adaptec microcode which
> they would not fix because the mass market never cared.  But the default
> controller for NT/Alpha was just that controller
>
> I mention this because while the qLogic controller is the official one for
> getting simh running it is going to be a PITA and the Adaptec might be a
> better first start
>
> Send me email offline if you want more info btw.
>
> Sent from my PDP-7 Running UNIX V0 expect things to be almost but not
> quite.

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