Re: Vax emulator

From: Dan Foster (usenet_at_evilphb.org)
Date: 06/29/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:49:27 +0000 (UTC)

In article <42C206CC.E192AB70@comcast.net>, David J Dachtera <djesys.nospam@comcast.net> wrote:
> Caligula wrote:
>>
>> Are there any vax emulators for linux suitable for someone who wants to revisit
>> VMS ?
>>
>> I am aware of Charon, however it appears to be windows only.
>
> Charon-VAX is available for OpenVMS and, I believe, some UN*X variants.
>
> See http://www.softresint.com/charon-vax/
>
> ...or contact Stan Quayle: http://www.stanq.com/

There's also SIMH which does a great job, too.

http://simh.trailing-edge.com

And a step-by-step HOWTO on how to install VMS under SIMH:

http://www.wherry.com/gadgets/retrocomputing/vax-simh.html

-Dan

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