CHARON-AXP 5/600 for Windows
CHARON AXP 5/600 can replace the following AlphaServer systems by providing the exact Alpha hardware interface of the original system inside a non-Alpha computer:
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*) Currently Single Alpha CPU emulation only |
CHARON-AXP 5/600 product features:
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Alpha 21164 (EV5) CPU virtualization and comparable performance
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Up to 4 GB of virtual Alpha memory, expandable with 4 GB to 8 GB max.
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Storage adapter (max 10, allowing max. 1200 storage devices)
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Virtual Alpha disks (choice from Windows container files, Windows physical disks or raw SCSI disk devices.
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Tape device support (physical and windows container files)
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CD-ROM
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Floppy drive
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Max. 4 Ethernet ports
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Serial line controller (8 ports)
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2 COM-ports
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VT type terminal emulator
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Supports OpenVMS 6.2-1h3 and newer, Tru64 3.1 and newer
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Clustering supported (NI)
CHARON-AXP requires a CPU host system
with multi-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster in order to deliver
equal or slightly better performance than the original AlphaServer.
Memory requirement: 1.5 GB + the
amount of emulated Alpha memory.
Special licensing is available to support concurrent use of multiple CHARON-AXP instances inside 1 host system or in a company network, review the documentation for more details.
Pointers to product documentation (PDF files)
| CHARON-AXP 5/600 Software Product Description |
| CHARON-AXP general description |
Pointers to other CHARON-AXP content (web pages)
| CHARON-AXP technical summary |
| CHARON-AXP 4/266 (AlphaServer 400/1000/2000) |
| CHARON-AXP 6/500 (AlphaServer DS10) |

