[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

Tue Mar 27 12:41:59 EDT 2012

On 3/24/2012 11:40 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> 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.

SimH can detect the idle loop and throttle back. Hoff has a great 
write-up on this at http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/931