25 Dec
2001
25 Dec
'01
12:24 p.m.
I'm
guessing the Alphabook will still be faster than an emulated VAX
on a 1GHz laptop, since that will probably be about the equivalent
to a MV3600 (that's what the Charon emulator claims, IIRC). The
Alphabook was a bit faster.
I'll do some performance comparisons when SIMH runs OpenVMS and no,
before you ask, I don't have an AlphaBook but I do have other Alpha
hardware that is likely to have similar performance. Still, once the
IPF port is done, we should be able to take any
standard IPF laptop and load OpenVMS IPF on it.
Indeedy, one of the best surprises of the IPF port but I suspect
the IPF laptops will be a) heavy, b) expensive, c) hot and d) have
a short battery life when run at full speed....