DIGITAL Semiconductor: Linux/Alpha EM86

Linux/Alpha EM86

Running Linux/x86 applications on Linux/Alpha

Using components of the award-winning DIGITAL FX!32 technology, Linux/Alpha EM86 is a software emulator that lets you run Linux/x86 software, without modification, on Linux/Alpha systems.

Here's the story that led to this product.

Linux	While a student at the University of Helsinki, Linus Torvalds wrote the original version of Linux, an operating system intended to bring UNIX like capabilities to x86 PCs. Linux is freeware, covered by the copyleft of the GNU Public License. The source code can be ported to other platforms.
Linux/Alpha	Linux developers worldwide, working with a team from Digital Semiconductor, created Alpha/Linux -- a fully 64-bit implementation that provides high-quality, high-performance connectivity and supports the same Application Programming Interface (API) as Linux running on other platforms. Linux/Alpha is now available on numerous Linux distributions. For extensive information about Linux/Alpha, including how to obtain the software, refer to the Linux/Alpha home page. This site also includes a useful FAQ.
Linux/Alpha EM86	Now Linux/Alpha EM86 is available for emulating Linux/x86 applications on Alpha. Like the operating system, it's free! It supports statically linked and dynamically linked x86 ELF32 binaries, iBCS-2 compliant executables, and interoperation with native Alpha code.
Download...	Download the Linux/Alpha EM86 kit using anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.europe.digital.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/em86.