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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To answer the OP:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The SIMH VAX simulator will correctly run OpenVMS, as will the commercial and free simulators noted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The commercial Alpha products support OpenVMS and TRU64 Unix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I don’t know if any commercial Alpha emulators support Windows/Alpha (retired), Red Hat Linux/Alpha (retired), or xBSD/Alpha Unix (2 still support Alpha).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am currently slowly developing the SIMH Alpha emulator in my [very] spare time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bob Supnik created the original Alpha EV56 processor simulation, but it included no other supporting hardware.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have the SIMH Alpha to the point where it starts to run the POST diagnostics, but it still needs a lot of the hardware emulation written before it can even
get up to the SRM chevrons (>>>), after which it could potentially boot an OS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The major change for SIMH is the incorporation of industry-standard components (PCI, ISA, SCSI, SOC), which have not been previously developed. SIMH has already
incorporated the Ethernet framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The SIMH Alpha [Miata(=Personal Work Station 500au)] simulator requires :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Alpha EV56 chip (complete)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> Motherboard + PCI hose (Alpha-specific Pyxis chip – in work)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> PCI framework (nearing completion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ISA framework (limping)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">SCSI framework (not started)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Ethernet framework (complete)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> PCI ISA bridge (just enough to pass through to SOC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> PCI Ethernet card (just enough to register framework)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">PCI SCSI card (just enough to register framework)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">PC System-On-Chip (SOC) components:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Clock (in-work)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2 Serial Ports (not started)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Parallel port (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2 IDE ports (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2 Floppy ports (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Keyboard/Mouse ports (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ESS Sound (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">PCI bridge (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Video card (optional – not technically required for any OS - even Windows/Alpha can run serial-based)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I would be happy to let anyone help out with the SIMH Alpha project. Contact me and Mark Pizzolato if you’d like to help with development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ve recently found that the QEMU project has already worked out the logic for a many of the industry-standard hardware simulations in C, which could help to
speed up development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">David Hittner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Simh [mailto:simh-bounces@trailing-edge.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Stevens<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 02, 2016 4:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeremy Begg<br>
<b>Cc:</b> simh@trailing-edge.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> EXT :Re: [Simh] alpha emulator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Oh wow, I wondered what happened.. Es40 was too promising to just evaporate. Thanks for the update
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 02 October 2016 3:25:57 PM GMT+08:00, Jeremy Begg <<a href="mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au">jeremy@vsm.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi,<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Es40 was another<br><a href="http://www.es40.org/Homepage">http://www.es40.org/Homepage</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>Discontinued in 2009.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>On 02 October 2016 3:13:15 PM GMT+08:00, Cory Smelosky <<a href="mailto:b4@gewt.net">b4@gewt.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>There is also alphavm-free unless that's just a different name<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>AlphaVM-Free is discontinued, according to their web site,<br><br>FYI the creator of the ES40 project went on to write the Avanti/FreeAXP<br>emulator mentioned earlier. He now works for VMS Software Inc, working<br>on the next release of OpenVMS. Last week I saw him give a very interesting<br>presentation comparing the VAX, Alpha, Itanium and x86 architectures.<br><br>Regards,<br><br> Jeremy Begg<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>On Oct 1, 2016, at 20:54, Jeremy Begg < <a href="mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au">jeremy@vsm.com.au</a><br><<a href="mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au">mailto:jeremy@vsm.com.au</a>> > wrote:<br><br><br><br>Hi Bill<br><br><br><br> Ok since I have been told the alpha simh emulator isn't booting yet. I<br><br><br>guess I have two questions:<br><br><br><br><br><br>o does anyone know when it should be complete or what's going on? Maybe<br>I<br><br><br>should check the main page or something.<br><br><br><br>I suspect there is no activity.<br><br><br><br>o And two, is there any emulators that can be used until then?<br>Something<br>to<br><br><br>run openVMS on.<br><br><br><br>There are at least three commercial Alpha emulators, and two of those<br>have<br>free versions which run under Windows:<br><br>* Charon-AXP<br>* FreeAXP<br><br>They both restrict the emulated system RAM and disk configuration but<br>are<br>enough to run OpenVMS. (The paid-for versions are somewhat more<br>realistic<br>in the configuration of the emulated hardware.)<br><br>The third one is "vtAlpha" made by AVTware. I don't think they have a<br>free<br>version. Unlike the other two, vtAlpha does not require a full Windows<br>or<br>Linix host operating system; instead, it has basic Linux kernel which<br>boots<br>the x86-84 CPU and starts the emulator.<br><br>Regards,<br><br> Jeremy Begg<br><br>+<o:p></o:p></pre>
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