[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[terry-...@glaver.org]

On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 11:36:50 AM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Amazing so fast Alpha sim with JIT is. It is more than 
> x10 without JIT.

Yes.  I asked for a demo of AlphaVM-Pro after trying the (then-available) AlphaVM-Free. I evaluated it under Windows, but I couldn't deal with Windows updates, reboots, etc. killing the VM. So I asked for a quote for a port to FreeBSD (the Linux version of AlphaVM-Pro had enough Linuxisms in it that it wouldn't run under FreeBSD's Linux emulation). We eventually roped in a couple of FreeBSD developers to deal with some gnarly issues, both "how do I do this on FreeBSD" as well as to fix some interesting bugs in seldom-used FreeBSD code*. I've been running it for over 10 years now and have been extremely satisfied with it. I know the author has sold other licenses for the FreeBSD version as well.

* For example, a bug introduced in the FreeBSD SCSI passthru code in the 9.x timeframe caused a $ BACKUP/VERIFY to a physical tape to report a bogus I/O error after doing the rewind and starting the verify pass. VMS drivers do some odd things with SCSI, probably due to the historical differences between "DEC SCSI", "Apple SCSI" and "Regular SCSI".