This would be a hardware migration tool but would not ad any features to
MPE. For this there is OpenMPE.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Boers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 2:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: MPE emulator
It is correct that we did not get much response about my note about hardware
emulation. Possibly because our experience with the VAX and PDP-11 emulators
is that the concept is often confused with Operating System emulation, and
the assumption is that recompiling would be necessary or that not all
applications will run.
The hardware emulators we build are operating system independent. The demo
we use to show the concept is to unplug a SCSI system disk from a VAX, plug
it into a SCSI port of a PC and boot VMS (or another VAX operating system)
from it. We do not need to convert the binary VAX code in any way or form.
Performance is not an issue, we have reached VAX 7000 Dhrystone performance
on a PC.
The emulator engine we use is likely flexible enough for the HP3000 hardware
(we use the same for PDP-11 and VAX). The core VAX emulator prototype (CPU,
memory, disks) took less than 4 months to develop.
It took us about a year to convince Compaq to support their software on our
VAX emulator as any other VAX. We did that by passing their VAX hardware
diagnostics and architecture tests. They now offer very reasonably priced
VMS transfer licenses
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/sri-charon-vax-emulator.html
Robert Boers
CEO Software Resources International
"Jerry Leslie" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:a3eo96$ki9$2@joe.rice.edu...
> Wyell Grunwald ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> : PDP machines and VAX machines have an emulator out there that runs
> : on Windows 2000. This seems like a great idea for MPE ! How come
> : there is not more excitement about this ? See:
> : http://www.softresint.com/
>
> Dunno, a gentleman from SRI posted an article about their emulation
> technology a few weeks ago, but didn't get much response.
>
> --Jerry Leslie (my opinions are strictly my own)
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