VAX Migration Overview

Replacing VAX families 3100, 4000, 6000, 7000, 9000, 10000, vax 3600/3900 and MicroVAXII

  • CHARON-VAX/XM is a family of low to mid-range virtual VAX systems running on Intel/AMD server platforms, providing up to 128 MB VAX memory. CHARON-VAX/XM, CHARON-VAX/XM Plus for the Windows 2003 Standard Edition or XP platforms are the lower cost versions with 128 MB emulated VAX memory.

  • CHARON-VAX/XK/XL is a family of mid-range virtual VAX systems running on Intel/AMD server platforms, providing up to 512 MB VAX memory. The CHARON-VAX/XL Plus version has a ultra high speed virtual VAX CPU, providing up to 125 VUPs system performance. The CHARON-VAX/XL version provides a standard CPU implementation at approximately one quarter of the XL Plus speed. CHARON-VAX/XK Plus provides 256 MB of memory.

  • CHARON-VAX/6610 Plus, CHARON-VAX/6620 Plus, CHARON-VAX/6630 Plus and CHARON-VAX/6660 Plus for Windows are maximum performance SMP VAX 6000-6x0 virtualization products on Windows 2003 Standard Edition or XP platforms with one, two, three and six emulated VAX 6000 CPUs and ACE, providing up to 400+ VUPs CPU performance and up to 2 GB emulated VAX memory.

Replacing real-time process control VAXes or VAXes with bespoke peripherals

  • CHARON-TB for Windows. A VAX or PDP-11 virtualization product for replacing systems that may include legacy parts or non-standard hardware and peripherals. Typical examples are embedded systems, industrial product control systems or military systems. CHARON-TB is designed for the development of additional virtual system components by third parties.

CHARON™-VAX for OpenVMS Integrity platform

  • CHARON-VAX/3198 for OpenVMS Integrity provides a quick solution for the owners of VAX3100 systems who want to move forward to the HP Integrity platform but do not want to change their application software.

Special Implementations

  • Custom made Hardware Emulators: Using its vast experience and skilled resources, Stromasys designs and delivers bespoke hardware emulators upon request on a turnkey basis. Please contact info@stromasys.ch for further information.
  • Defense industry, OEM or high-volume end user needs: The design of CHARON family of products, choice of the host platform, their design, support and licensing conditions can be adapted to satisfy the needs of your organization. Please contact info@stromasys.ch for further information.

Implementing CHARON™-VAX

To order CHARON-VAX or for further details on how to replace your particular VAX configurations using CHARON-VAX please contact one of our qualified world-wide Value Added Resellers or contact Stromasys by email at info@stromasys.ch or by phone at +41 22 794 1070.