A VAX you don't see every day....

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:34 PM -0500 8/21/07, Jason T wrote:
>On 8/21/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>  The price is not insane, ELI is a legitimate DEC reseller who just
>>  happens to have an eBay presence.  A top of the line VAX can still go
>>  for big $$$'s as there are those looking to stay on real hardware,
>
>Interesting, I didn't know the line went on that long (a list I found
>put that model's introduction at 1996.)

The latest doc's I've seen are for '99.

>At work we had a VaxStation 4000 that was still being used for
>compiling certain code.  Instead of relying on keeping it going, we
>spent the big $ on the Charon Vax emulator.  It's working fine, but I
>have to wonder if SimH would have done the job as well :)

SIMH can't be used for VAX emulation in a non-Hobbyist setting 
legally.  Not really sure why, but you can't transfer your licenses 
over.  I suspect part of it has to do with that magic saying "support 
contract".

Of course from what I've seen on a couple mail lists it sounds as if 
people are using SIMH commercially.

I'm still using real hardware, but one of these is over kill for my 
requirements, and I'm not a commercial setting.  Still it would look 
nice sitting next to my Compaq XP1000/667! :^)

	Zane


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