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

[Mark Daniel]

Robert Boers wrote:
> Martin Vorlaender wrote:
>> VAXman- <sendspamhere.org> wrote:
>>> "Martin Vorlaender" <mv at pdv-systeme.de> writes:
>>>> 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???
>>
>> Yes, I do run it under Windows. It can only do better on Linux,
>> I suppose.
>>
>> cu,
>>   Martin
> 
> If you want a good ES40 emulator on Linux (free for non-commercial use), 
> go to www.stromasys.com and go to the
> Downloads > Alpha Virtualization > CHARON-AXP NCE page.
> 
> Rob

This ES40 works and works very well, at least to my purposes.  I only 
use my PWS500 to develop open-source software and would gladly use the 
opportunity to save the power and noise by moving my development to an 
emulated Alpha running on my Linux system(s).  However I hesitate to 
make the move considering the restrictions, not so much of the 
thirty-day reboot, as (what appears to be) the annual uncertainty of 
whether the current NCE program will be continued by Stromasys.