[Info-vax] Kittson question

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> David Froble
> Sent: 01-Jan-15 7:15 PM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Kittson question
> 
> Stanley F. Quayle wrote:
> > 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 quite out of date.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.

Regardless of whether a smaller model might be suitable or not, the
pricing was accurate for the time it was sent to our team.

As I mentioned, unless things have changed quite a bit, the 6600 
emulation license is likely in the price range of $20K-$75K. The 
emulation may be ok, but the pricing for an environment that wants 
to save $'s on VAX HW power/space makes it more difficult to justify.

Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com