[HECnet] FreeAXP Alpha Emulator

[Kari Uusim ki]

On 16.7.2010 19:57, Zane H. Healy wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010, Sampsa Laine wrote:

Guys, just saw this on openvmshobbyist.com:

FreeAXP http://www.migrationspecialties.com/FreeAXP.html#Components

It emulates a AlphaServer 400 with up to 7 drives and 128 MB of RAM.
Runs on Windows though :(

I'm currently rolling out a test system to see how well it behaves on
Win2K3 Server.

Sampsa

Have you ever run an Alpha with only 128MB of RAM? That is the absolute
bare minimum I'd run 7.2 in, and it wasn't fun. I really wish they'd allow
between 192MB and 256MB, as at that point it starts being usable. Of course
I'd also like a Linux version. :-)

Zane





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I have. Even with 64MB. ;-)
It was a DEC3000-300X back in 1993 with AXPVMS V1.5 and also with OSF/1 V2.x and 3.0.

I have also tested a Multia with 64MB and VMS V7.3. It worked, but was really slow. I wasn't expecting much more than bootability. The Multia is slow (EV4/166MHz or EV4/233MHz) and 64MB is the absolute minimum for AXPVMS.


Kari