I looked on the Migration Specialties web site and found FreeAXP and Avanti but no mention
of a DS10 emulation. Can you be more specific on where you found this? Both the
FreeAXP and Avanti emulators are EV4 (AlphaServer 400) emulation. Maybe in this case the
chip version doesn't really matter but it would be nice to have something a little
more modern.
For a DS10 class emulator with up to 3GB of memory and lots of disk space I'd go up
to $100 US. Otherwise I'm just as happy to run my DS20E or XP1000.
John H. Reinhardt
On 4/4/12 5:21 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Guys,
I've just been talking to the guys who make the FreeAXP product about possible
hobbyist pricing for their DS10 and other commercial products - they seemed to like what
we're doing with HECnet and asked what I thought was a fair price for a DS10 emulator,
so I figured I'd ask here.
Basically, I think we can get a better deal if a bunch of us buy a copy. Their list price
for the DS10 version is USD 6,000 which of course is crazy as we can get a lot of hardware
for that kind of money.
So I guess my questions are these:
1. How many of you are interested in a commercial Alpha emulator at hobbyist pricing?
2. What are we willing to pay for say an emulated DS10?
Sampsa
PS: The chap mentioned that hecnet.eu has been down for a while (so he's clearly aware
of us) - any ideas when/if it's coming back up?
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