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

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <8bni98-52f.ln1 at nntp.local.net>, Freedom on the Oceans <alex.buell at munted.org.uk> writes:
>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.
>>=20
>> 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.=20
>
>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.=20


I "popped" up X window displays with SimH, as well as with real VMS boxes,
on my Linux machine.  I didn't need anything special to do this.

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