What's New at Migration Specialties?

October 12, 2009: Emulator Boots TRU64 UNIX

TRU64 UNIX now boots and runs on the Alpha emulator. Details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page

September 14, 2009: Web Site Make Over

Migration Specialties is please to reveal our revamped web site, with new and existing content presented even more clearly. The site is designed to load fast and be easy to navigate. Your comments and feedback are welcome.

September 9, 2009: Emulator CD Support

The Alpha emulator now supports physical CD's. Details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page.

August 24, 2009: Emulator SCSI Support

The Alpha emulator now supports physical SCSI connections. Details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page.

August 17, 2009: Emulator Boot Testing

More good news as OpenVMS boot testing continues on our Alpha emulator. Details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page.

July 29, 2009: Two New OpenVMS Technical Journal Articles

The current OpenVMS Technical Journal features two articles sponsored by Migration Specialties. A Starlet is Born: New Options for VAX and Alpha Hardware Replacement, by Camiel Vanderhoeven, introduces the underlying architecture of Migration Specialties upcoming VAX & Alpha hardware emulators. Adding Physical CD support to the SIMH VAX, by Mike Duffy, discusses our addition of physical CD support to Bob Supnik's open source SimH VAX emulator.

June 18, 2009: VAX & Alpha Replacement Presentation pdf version

Camiel Vanderhoeven, chief architech of Migration Specialties upcoming Alpha emulation solution, presided over a well attended session at the 2009 HP Technology Forum in Las Vegas. Camiel held forth to an attentive audience on the various options available to support legacy VAX and Alpha applications. A copy of his presentation slides can be found at this link: Legacy VAX and Alpha Systems: Refresh, Replace or Emulate.

June 14, 2009: OpenVMS Boot on Emulator

Migration Specialties has successfully booted OpenVMS on our Alpha emulator. More details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page.

March 20, 2009: Emulator Integrity Port

Migration Specialties has successfully ported the VAX & Alpha emulator VL and base components to the HP Integrity platform. More details are available on the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator development page.

March 4, 2009: VAX & Alpha Emulator Web Page Posted

Migration Specialties has published a new web page covering the development of our virtual VAX & Alpha hardware emulators. Progress reports on product development will be posted to the page. Click the Virtual VAX & Alpha Emulator link to visit the page.

February 4, 2009: Migration Specialties Announces Virtual VAX & Alpha Development

Migration Specialties issues a Press Release today announcing development of virtual VAX and Alpha solutions. The Alpha product is scheduled for an early 2010 release with the VAX product to follow.

January 29, 2009: Utilizing /RETAIN=ERROR to Make Life Easier pdf version

The /RETAIN=ERROR qualifier is a useful tool to identify problem batch and print jobs. Migration Specialties has contributed an article published in the January, 2009 issue of the OpenVMS Technical Journal titled Utilizing /RETAIN=ERROR to Make Life Easier discussing how to deploy the qualifier to your advantage as part of OpenVMS system maintenance and monitoring.

January 19, 2009: Migration Specialties Featured on Nemonix Engineering Home Page

Nemonix Engineering, a partner in supplying VAX replacement solutions, is featuring Migration Specialties on its home page this month. We appreciate the honor.

September 3, 2008: VAX Replacement Options Paper

Migration Specialties has published VAX Replacement Options, a paper intended to help VAX users assess their options when considering how to support legacy VAX applications. The paper covers VAX hardware emulator and VAX hardware refresh options.