[Info-vax] Kittson question

[Stanley F. Quayle]

On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 12:25:04 PM UTC-5, Kerry Main wrote:
> Please correct me if I am wrong, but a number of years ago, I saw a formal
> quote for a 6 proc VAX 7600 replacement and the Charon emulator license
> was over USD $100,000.
> Smaller VAX/Alpha Charon licenses ranged from USD $20,000 - $75,000 
> as I recall. HP OpenVMS licenses (as required) were in addition to this.

While we NEVER publish pricing on public forums, your information is quite out of date.

The high end CHARON-VAX system emulates a 6-processor 6600. It blows the doors off a 7600. You might have only needed a 2 or 3 processor version.

The 6660 emulation on a modern PC is as least 2x the fastest VAX ever built.