13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
1:59 p.m.
And, for a
hands-on museum, a replica panel backed by an emulator
will be close enough for a lot of people, better in that [...]
Wby not replcia
controls (the bit that is going to get the
heavy-handed interaction) backed by the real machine? Having seen an R-pi at the weekend, I know hwich out
of that and a
PDP11 (saY) I'd rather have to keep running.
Yes, I daresay.
Personally, if I were in charge of keeping it running, I'd rather have
the simulator. Not because it's easier to repair the hardware (on
that, I agree with you), but because the exact hardware is irrelevant:
I'm reasonably confident I can, if necessary, build a new simulator on
whatever the beagleboard/pi/etc du jour is. Until and unless it's no
longer possible to get logic-level inputs and outputs, I am confident I
can port a simulator to whatever I need to.
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