<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="direction: inherit;">There is also alphavm-free unless that's just a different name </div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 1, 2016, at 20:54, Jeremy Begg <<a href="mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au">jeremy@vsm.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Bill</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ok since I have been told the alpha simh emulator isn't booting yet. I</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>guess I have two questions:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>o does anyone know when it should be complete or what's going on? Maybe I</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>should check the main page or something.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I suspect there is no activity.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>o And two, is there any emulators that can be used until then? Something to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>run openVMS on.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>There are at least three commercial Alpha emulators, and two of those have</span><br><span>free versions which run under Windows:</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Charon-AXP</span><br><span>* FreeAXP</span><br><span></span><br><span>They both restrict the emulated system RAM and disk configuration but are</span><br><span>enough to run OpenVMS. (The paid-for versions are somewhat more realistic</span><br><span>in the configuration of the emulated hardware.)</span><br><span></span><br><span>The third one is "vtAlpha" made by AVTware. I don't think they have a free</span><br><span>version. Unlike the other two, vtAlpha does not require a full Windows or</span><br><span>Linix host operating system; instead, it has basic Linux kernel which boots</span><br><span>the x86-84 CPU and starts the emulator.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span> Jeremy Begg</span><br><span></span><br><span> +---------------------------------------------------------+</span><br><span> | VSM Software Services Pty. Ltd. |</span><br><span> | <a href="http://www.vsm.com.au/">http://www.vsm.com.au/</a> |</span><br><span> |---------------------------------------------------------|</span><br><span> | P.O.Box 402, Walkerville, | E-Mail: <a href="mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au">jeremy@vsm.com.au</a> |</span><br><span> | South Australia 5081 | Phone: +61 8 8221 5188 |</span><br><span> |---------------------------| Mobile: 0414 422 947 |</span><br><span> | A.C.N. 068 409 156 | FAX: +61 8 8221 7199 |</span><br><span> +---------------------------------------------------------+</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Simh mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Simh@trailing-edge.com">Simh@trailing-edge.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh">http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>