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

[artem]

As a reaction to multiple requests a Linux version is released (http://emuvm.com).
Linux release notes:
•	There is no  launcher available yet. The VM must be launched manually from the command line.  A configuration file must be provided by the user.  The user manual contains a configuration file example (see the section about running from command line).
•	There is no installation procedure yet.  Just download the executable and run it. Run the executable as alphavm-free <config-file>.  
•	The VM has been tested with Debian 6.0.1a x64. 
•	The build is for x64.  The x86 version is not yet tested. Please contact us if you are interested in x86 version.
•	The disk and iso image files must be regular files.
•	Ethernet PCAP emulation can be used only under root, or if the VM is setuid to root, or if the user has certain capabilities, like CAP_NET_RAW and CAP_NET_ADMIN.  If the emulator fails to open network, it crashes with SIGSEGV when trying to access the PCAP.
•	PUTTY terminals are not started automatically (which is normally done by the launcher). They must be started manually. Putty must be configured in RAW mode localhost:2000 and options LOCAL ECHO and LOCAL LINE EDITING set to FORCED OFF. 
•	There is no utility for cvreation of empty disk images. These can be downloaded from http://emuvm.com