10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
12:02 p.m.
Simulating everything for a computer museum is like a regular museum
having nothing but reproduction artifacts. It doesn't work well.
But, not everyone can get to the hardware. I've been playing with
OpenVMS lately myself, using simh to emulate a VAX. My goal is to get a
VAX machine, but for now the simulator has to suffice.
Oh, undoubtedly simulators ahve tier use. But they are not a replacement
for running the real hardware in some instances.
I would argure that a book of reproductions of famous paintings has its
use too. It would allow me to see paintings that I otherwise would never
see (becuase they are in a private ocllection, or in an art gallery that
it's not practical for me to vist, for example). But this does not mean
that such books are always a replacement for galleries.
-tony