[Info-vax] Free Alpha emulators running under Linux ?

osf1 npwbem at googlemail.com
Wed Jan 5 03:01:31 EST 2022


Simon Clubley schrieb am Dienstag, 4. Januar 2022 um 19:34:07 UTC+1:
> I've now had a look at the original GitLab repository. Last worked on 
> 9 months ago with unanswered issues dating back to a year ago about it 
> not compiling, so I would assume the answer is no. 
> 
> I also see the question about whether it can actually run VMS is 
> still unanswered after 7 months. 
> 
> Has anyone managed to get the current version to compile and, if so, 
> have you been able to get it to run VMS ? 
> 
> Just asking before I spend days trying to get it to work and only then 
> discover that it's known to be broken or doesn't run VMS properly. :-)
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

It will not run VMS at this stage. It's missing several parts, to emulate a complete system. I don't remember now, what exactly, but I don't think, the disk I/O parts (ATA/ATAPI) where complete and I don't think the serial ports as well, but haven't checked this.



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