[Info-vax] : Re: New free Alpha emulator - AlphaVM-free

Art awiens at postmedia.com
Sun May 8 12:29:21 EDT 2011


Captain Pugwash wrote on Sun, 08 May 2011 09:52
> On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 13:20 +0000, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> > >It's very hard to port between different architectures, especially on
> > >GUIs. He can look at a rewrite with a cross-platform GUI kit, it
> > would
> > >make his life a lot easier.
> > 
> > What's GUI about an Alpha emulator?  I remember running SimH VAX
> > emulation on Linux and there wasn't anything GUI about it as I
> > recall. 
> 
> You're right, simH is a console only application. But on Linux, there is
> the ES40 emulator which can also pop up a X window. 
> -- 
> Tactical Nuclear Kittens


The "emulator" isn't popping up an X window, it's the VMS o/s, no?

Cheers,
Art
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