22 Aug
2007
22 Aug
'07
12:47 a.m.
At 11:34 PM -0500 8/21/07, Jason T wrote:
On 8/21/07, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at
aracnet.com> wrote:
The latest doc's I've seen are for '99.
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.) 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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