[Info-vax] Attn VSI employees: Viable full system Itanium emulator for VMS ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/17/2022 2:11 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> Given that VSI has absolutely no solution for emulating Itanium
> systems on other architectures, it might be worth a look by them
> if it helps keep a few customers until x86-64 VMS is finally ready
> and has been in production long enough to be trusted generally.
> 
> Forcing customers to go back from Itanium to Alpha so they can run
> as emulated systems on modern hardware is not a good situation for
> VSI to be placing potential customers in, given what those potential
> customers might end up doing instead if they are placed in that position.

I would expect the current VMS HW supplier (that is IslandCo
not HP !!!!) to be able to deliver Itanium systems until 9.2
hits the streets and are tested.

Arne