[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[JF Mezei]

jerry at virtual-vax-alpha.com wrote:

> systems with much less power consumption and heat generation. VAX/
> Alpha virtualization won't be the right fit for everyone, of course,


SimH causes one core of an x86 to run at 100% all the time to emulate
the vax.  A Mac Pro computer running at 100% consumes about as much
power as a DS10L.

If SimH could "capture" the idle loop and sleep the process instead,
then power consumption might be down, but not that much.