18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
5:20 p.m.
On Jun 18, 2009, at 8:17 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
You're right, I guess I'll go scrap my house full of PDP-8s,
PDP-11s, and DECsystem-2020 since they can all be completely replaced
by emulators.
Where, exactly, did I ever suggest anyone should do such a thing?
Certainly you cannot run software without hardware, but the point is
that hardware without software is just as useless.
I have taken exception to the anti-emulator sentiment, but that
does not
mean that I would promote the destruction of older hardware in
favor of
just emulation.
You are reading anti-emulator sentiment where there is none. I
love emulators and I use them almost daily. I simply stated
(correctly) that they are not a replacement for real hardware.
Oh good
lord. Can we give this up? SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
COMPUTING IS MORE THAN JUST SOFTWARE. Get over it.
You're right. People believe lots of interesting, and strange
stuff.
But maybe I'm missing something here, so remind me again, just
how does
one get a Von Neumann architecture machine to *COMPUTE* something
without that machine invoking any instruction/opcode/microcode at
all? You've apparently *not* been reading what I
actually wrote, but rather
assuming.
Likewise!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL