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To: Luk_ who wrote (514)	4/27/1998 11:32:00 AM
From: Michelino	Respond to of 14778

I think Intel emulation on an Alpha would be useful only for apps that aren't yet ported over to the Alpha. One could run the native mode alpha programs when available. However, my experience is that these emulators are stop-gap solutions at best. I wonder how this particular emulation works...Is the emulation process subservient to the Alpha version of NT or must you run an emulated Intel version of NT in order to get to Intel binaries? Cross-application communication is so important today but I doubt that even the clipboard would be accessible from an Alpha native to Intel native app. Michael

To: Luk_ who wrote (514)	4/27/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

There is no point in buying an Alpha machine to run the majority of the time in emulated mode. However, if you purchase an Alpha machine to specifically run a CPU intensive task in the native Alpha mode, many computer aided design, CAD, programs fall in this category, it is nice to know you can also run native X86 programs. You may occasionally need to run a program that is not available as a native Alpha application. It is also nice to know when you run a native X86 program you are not giving up much in performance. A few years ago native X86 program ran very slowly in emulated mode on DEC workstations.