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Why VAX over Alpha (a pure 64-bit RISC ISA)? Do you specifically have VAX boxes to use this on? Regardless, I wish the Deathrow Cluster project was still around
by 34534536347 4y ago
Why VAX over Alpha (a pure 64-bit RISC ISA)? Do you specifically have VAX boxes to use this on? Regardless, I wish the Deathrow Cluster project was still around (thanks to Da Beave for running it for years).
- ch_123 4y agoOne thing is that there is a much larger array of interesting old software for the VAX rather than Alpha. The same will be true for Alpa compared with x86, but at least it will be easier to run more modern software on x86. (I own both VAX and Alpha hardware and run VMS on both)
- 34534536347 4y ago> (I own both VAX and Alpha hardware and run VMS on both) Lucky you!
- chasil 4y agoThe SimH emulator has long been able to run OpenVMS VAX. There are probably free Alpha emulators by now, but the VAX version has been running on PCs for a long, long time, and it's what people know. http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ http://simh.trailing-edge.com/
- sehro 4y agoFor open-source Alpha emulation, there is AXPbox, which is a fork of the somewhat ancient es40, with some new fixes. It even runs on m1 macs now.
- chasil 4y agoDEC would have been profoundly wise if they had recognized and adopted ARM, porting VMS to it. Maybe Cutler would have stayed in that early fait-accomplis. They also never would have spent the money on Alpha, or wasted time selling MIPS workstations.