CHARON-AXP Product Overview

Currently, the following Alpha virtualization products are available:

  • CHARON-AXP 6/500 for Windows
  • CHARON-AXP 5/600 for Windows
  • CHARON-AXP 4/266 for Windows
  • CHARON-AXP 3000 for Windows
  • CHARON-AXPstation for Windows
  • PersonalAlpha for Windows

These CHARON-AXP products address various systems in the small and middle Alpha computers range, up to DS20 single CPU systems. CHARON-AXP now creates the possibility to maintain those legacy applications even when the Alpha hardware is no longer available. CHARON-AXP allows users to avoid legacy hardware support issues and costs.

  • CHARON-AXP 6/500 for Windows provides the functional equivalent of an AlphaServer DS series computer system hardware when executed on a 3 GHz dual core Intel or AMD CPU Windows XP or 2003 X64 server. It is designed to allow the substitution of the AlphaServer DS10, AlphaServer DS15, and AlphaServer DS20 systems with industry-standard servers.
  • CHARON-AXP 5/600 for Windows provides the functional equivalent of an AlphaServer 800, 1x00, 2x00, 4x00; AlphaStation 500 and 600 series single CPU computer system hardware when executed on a 3 GHz dual core Intel or AMD CPU Windows XP or 2003 X64 server. It is designed to allow the substitution of the systems from AlphaStation 500 up to AlphaServer 4100 5/600 with industry-standard servers.
  • CHARON-AXP 4/266 for Windows provides the functional equivalent of an AlphaServer 400 4/xxx, 1000 4/2xx, and 2x00 4/2xx computer system hardware when executed on a 3 GHz dual core Intel or AMD CPU Windows XP or 2003 X64 server. It is designed to allow the substitution of the AlphaServer 400 4/266 or AlphaServer 1000 4/266 or AlphaServer 2000 4/275 systems with industry-standard servers.
  • CHARON-AXP 3000 for Windows provides the functional equivalent of an DEC3000 models 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 computer system hardware when executed on a 3 GHz dual core Intel or AMD CPU Windows XP or 2003 X64 server. It is designed to allow the substitution of the DEC3000/300, DEC3000/400, DEC3000/500, DEC3000/600, DEC3000/700 or DEC3000/800 systems with industry-standard servers.
  • CHARON-AXPstation for Windows provides the functional equivalent of an AlphaStation 200 computer system hardware, but at a much higher performance when executed on a 3 GHz dual core Intel or AMD CPU Windows XP or 2003 X64 server. It is designed to allow the substitution of the AlphaStation 200 and AlphaStation 250 systems with industry-standard servers.
  • PersonalAlpha for Windows is to allow users to develop OpenVMS/AXP applications on their notebooks or demonstrate the feasibility of the Alpha emulation on 32bit Windows environment. It is not suitable for production use.

The Software Product Descriptions (SPDs) of the products provide detailed information about the features of individual products.

Modern Alpha systems, the DS, ES and GS series, range from 2,267 TPS on a DS10 to 239,000 on a GS1280. Our entry-level and mid range Alpha emulators aim to replace systems up to DS20 at the moment.