Thursday 7 August 2008

DEC Alpha Emulation for Windows

A Dutch company has developed PersonalAlpha, a DEC alpha emulator for 32-bit Windows (XP etc). Just as Linux is basically UNIX for PCs, PersonalAlpha is DEC alpha for the PC. 

Don't know what is DEC alpha or why PersonalAlpha is so cool? 

DEC alpha's run the OpenVMS OS (VMS=virtual memory system) developed by DEC (which was purchased by Compaq before being merged into HPQ) which has a reputation for solidity. 

Armies and stock exchanges use VMS technology (just check out this article here). Need a quick intro to programming concepts for VMS. I have just the ticket right here on the HP website.

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