[Info-vax] VMS atop x86 *nix

Stanley F. Quayle quayle at pobox.com
Sat Feb 19 14:46:52 EST 2011


On Feb 18, 2:52 pm, Wendell <wendel... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to set up OpenVMS+JDK on something I already have, which
> is x86-64 machines and Unix/Linux. The emulators PersonalAlpha,
> FreeAXP, and CHARON-AXP are Windows-only, so that seems to just leave
> ES40 Emulator.
>
> Comments on ES40 indicate that it's pretty rough. Any idea how much of
> a challenge to get it working right? Any other options?

Stromasys has completed the full ES40 emulator on Linux.  RHEL, I
believe.  There was a big customer that was willing to fund making the
product "real".  Quad processors, the whole bit.

As for the non-commercial version, I have no information as to when a
new version will be available.

[Shameless Plug Alert (tm) -- I am a CHARON reseller.  If you want to
evaluate the non-free version, please contact me at stan-at-stanq-dot-
com]



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