[Info-vax] HPE Integrity emulator

Simon Clubley clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Thu Feb 29 13:12:31 EST 2024


On 2024-02-28, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>
> What would be the point?
>

With x86-64 VMS, very little.

> Before it was considered a bad idea, it was still available.  They are still 
> available used.  I got one which hasn't been powered on in months.  Want it?
>

No. :-) Noisy, bulky hardware, neither of which is true when running it
in an emulated environment.

> Emulators allowed use of discontinued architectures that people actually wanted 
> to run.  I don't know anyone who really wants to run an itanic.  Do you?
>

5 years ago, maybe. Today, no way.

Simon.

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