[HECnet] Alpha emulation

[hvlems at zonnet.nl]

Real hardware is priceless: a couple of months ago I was given a DS10 and a DS20E for free. 
The only disadvantages I feel are floorspace and power usage. 
Difficult to price an emulator, but    50 is about as much as I'd pay. 
Hans
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From: Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net>
Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 14:29:36 
To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SESubject: Re: [HECnet] Alpha emulation

Wouldn't be worth more than about $50 (CAD) to me.   Anything more than the used price for the real hardware ($200) is out to lunch.

Ian

On 2012-04-04, at 2:21 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?




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