17 May
2025
17 May
'25
4:13 a.m.
On Fri, 16 May 2025 at 22:03, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
That's the machine that ran the Senster
"cybernetic sculpture" at the
Evoluon in Eindhoven, right? That has been restored but apparently not
with the original software. I have been wondering if that code could be
run on a simulator and get it to work right. The listings still exist, as
do at least some of the schematics for the sensor and motion control
electronics.
You're talking about simulating a realtime application, and that would
require exceptionally precise timing from the host to match the original
hardware. I'm not saying that it can't be done but I wouldn't expect to be
able to just put the code into SIMH, build an interface board out of a
Raspberry Pi or whatever, and plug it into the mechanical controls. Also
FWIW Wikipedia says that it was an H416, but I'm not familiar with that
model line at all so I have no idea what the difference between that and an
H316 would be.
-Henry