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Similar to DEC's FX!32 in that regard. FX!32 allowed running x86 Windows NT apps on Alpha Windows NT.
by kijiki 4y ago
Similar to DEC's FX!32 in that regard. FX!32 allowed running x86 Windows NT apps on Alpha Windows NT.
- saltcured 4y agoThere was also an FX!32 for Linux. But I think it may have only included the interpreter part and left out the transpiler part. My memory is vague on the details. I do remember that I tried to use it to run the x86 Netscape binary for Linux on a surplus Alpha with RedHat Linux. It worked, but so slowly that a contemporary Python-based web browser had similar performance. In practice, I settled on running Netscape from a headless 486 based PC and displaying remotely on the Alpha's desktop over ethernet. That was much more usable.