Re: Using FX32 on Dec Alpha Client
1997-02-06 13:08:54
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 05 Feb 1997 10:26:58 -0500 from
<Mary_Vollmer AT MGIC DOT COM>
On Wed, 05 Feb 1997 10:26:58 -0500 Mary Vollmer said:
>Below is the response I received from our NT administrator. Is there anyone
>else out there in our situation who has found a way around this? TIA
>
>"A while ago it was suggested that we try running ADSM on the Alpha using DEC's
>FX32 product. (FX32 is X86 emulation software). It looks like a pretty slick
>app except that:
>
>- It requires NT 4.0 and we are at 3.51
>
>- It is intended for running End-user apps like Word or Excel and will not
>work with system applications such as services (ADSM uses a service)
>
>Hopefully IBM will make a Win NT Alpha version soon."
As it is, it is night mare to support NT server as a production server, on
top of it I am not comfortable with FX!32. My experiences are the same.
Only Adstar can help us here (just needs recompile on Alpha!!!).
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