[HECnet] Alpha emulation

[Sampsa Laine]

Here's the SPD:  http://www.migrationspecialties.com/pdf/Avanti_SPD.pdf

Sampsa


On 5 Apr 2012, at 11:07, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
I looked on the Migration Specialties web site and found FreeAXP and Avanti but no mention of a DS10 emulation.   Can you be more specific on where you found this?   Both the FreeAXP and Avanti emulators are EV4 (AlphaServer 400) emulation.   Maybe in this case the chip version doesn't really matter but it would be nice to have something a little more modern.

For a DS10 class emulator with up to 3GB of memory and   lots of disk space I'd go up to $100 US.   Otherwise I'm just as happy to run my DS20E or XP1000.

  John H. Reinhardt



On 4/4/12 5:21 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Guys,

I've just been talking to the guys who make the FreeAXP product about possible hobbyist pricing for their DS10 and other commercial products - they seemed to like what we're doing with HECnet and asked what I thought was a fair price for a DS10 emulator, so I figured I'd ask here.

Basically, I think we can get a better deal if a bunch of us buy a copy. Their list price for the DS10 version is USD 6,000 which of course is crazy as we can get a lot of hardware for that kind of money.

So I guess my questions are these:

1. How many of you are interested in a commercial Alpha emulator at hobbyist pricing?
2. What are we willing to pay for say an emulated DS10?

Sampsa

PS: The chap mentioned that hecnet.eu has been down for a while (so he's clearly aware of us) - any ideas when/if it's coming back up?