29 Oct
2017
29 Oct
'17
1:37 p.m.
On 10/28/2017 09:09 PM, Eric Smith via cctech wrote:
IBM invented computer emulation and introduced it with
System/360 in 1964.
They defined it as using special-purpose hardware and/or microcode on a
computer to simulate a different computer.
Maurice V. Wilkes wrote a paper in 1951
defining
microprogramming. IBM was not the first company to build
machines using the technique. They did make microcode
mainstream technology with the 360, however.
Jon