[Info-vax] And another one bites the dust....

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-02-16, John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <suj060$sbc$1 at dont-email.me>,
> clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley) wrote:
>
>> I know there are no free Itanium full system emulators, but are 
>> there any commercial Itanium full system emulation options I have
>> missed ?
>
> HPE seem to have started to produce something for HP-UX. They announced
> in 2017 that they would provide a way to run HP-UX in containers on x86
> Linux, which obviously requires some kind of emulation. They called this
> "Portable HP-UX", sometimes abbreviated "P-UX".
>
><https://3000newswire.blogs.com/3000_newswire/2017/09/hpe-takes-on-water-a
> fter-its-software-flip.html>
>
> This is a beta for it: 
>
> https://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/project/c-ux-beta/
>
> The Administration Guide has the most information. However, it is dated
> 2019, so it looks as if the project has died.
>

Interesting. That certainly looks like an Itanium full system emulator.

It's a pity that it's HP-UX specific. I also note it's not available
for download without a warranty/support contract unfortunately.

Simon.

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