[Info-vax] ES40 emulator (was OT: For Mr VAXman: Microsoft racist gaffe !)

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In article <op.uzny53k9dc3j58 at notemv-tap.mv.privat>, "Martin Vorlaender" <mv at pdv-systeme.de> writes:
>VAXman- <sendspamhere.org> wrote:
>> Mark Daniel <mark.daniel at wasd.vsm.com.au> writes:
>>> Keith Parris wrote:
>>>> Camiel Vanderhoeven's ES40 emulator emulates an Alpha and is open source
>>>> code and runs on Mac OS X, Linux, etc. in addition to Windows. See
>>>> http://www.es40.org/Homepage
>>>
>>> Keith, it's obvious you've not actually *tried* the ES40 emulator.  Not
>>> to put the project down but it's not ready for the real world any time
>>> just yet.
>>
>> That's a real downer on that party. :(
>
>Well, after the latest changes (too bad Camiel doesn't have too much time
>to work on this) it *did* successfully install VMS (8.3 I think it was)
> from a CD image. I haven't, however, stressed the installed system too
>much (yet). And it's not too fast, which is probably mostly due to the
>fact that it emulates a 64bit CPU on a 32bit system.

...and would you, by any chance, also be running it on a:

32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a
16 bit patch to an
 8 bit operating system originally coded for a
 4 bit microprossessor, written by a
 2 bit company that can't stand
 1 bit of competition???

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