[Info-vax] AlphaVM on OSX?

[markwyllie1 at googlemail.com]

I have got the  Alpha ES40.org simulator (the 0.18+) latest version compiled and running  openVMS 8.4 directly on a Macbook Air. It hogs the CPU  like mad but it runs. You have to run it as root which I don't really like either. Not tried the networking - just got it to a stage it accepts License PAKs and can generate a new disk image and boot that. It is a pain to get the SRM files and an image into place, but it works.
www.es40.org has details and how to do it in OSX. 

http://www.es40.org/OS_X  is the instruction listing- you need to download Xcode and the additional developer tools for Mac OSX and create your own version which ends up in usr/local/bin
Also get the latest latest snapshot from the CVS on es40.org

I have tried FreeAXP under Parallels Desktop 8 under windows 7 which is an easy install and easier to control frankly.