Down-under articles on retrocomputing

Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:38:13 +1000 From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane(a)theage.fairfax.com.au> Reply-To: ncochrane(a)theage.fairfax.com.au Organization: The Age newspaper To: "Nathan Cochrane (E-mail)" <ncochrane(a)theage.fairfax.com.au> Subject: Many thanks for your help on the emulation article Once again, my deep appreciation for your help in compiling the article(s), which you will find online at: Bernie's lost in time Bernie Meyer flips a CD-ROM into his PC and, in an instant, turns it into a time machine. Within a few seconds an old friend ? a red and white chequered ball ? bounces around the screen. Welcome to Amiga, circa 1985. http://www.it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/08/14/FFX6PT25BQC.html When I grow up I'll be a Mac Emulators fall into the category of virtual machines, a class that takes in Sun Microsystems' Java. The emulator software makes a PC, Macintosh, Linux or any other desktop think it's another computer or console game system. http://www.it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/08/14/FFXAYW25BQC.html Going retro It was a humble Sinclair Spectrum computer that, nearly two decades ago, nudged the teenage Pierre Scotney on to a path of programming and logic that he hopes will lead to a gene therapy for heart disease. http://www.it.mycareer.com.au/news/2001/08/13/FFXGPU25BQC.html If you have problems getting a hard copy of today's paper, let me know and I will organise to have one sent to you. This is the first of two packages on emulation and retrocomputing. The second will appear in the Livewire supplement embedded in the Green Guide liftout, probably in the next 13-20 days. All the best Nathan