24 Feb
2003
24 Feb
'03
4:13 a.m.
A real computer doesn't know what the square root of negative one is? :-P
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:33 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Trivia Question
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Hans B Pufal wrote:
It significantly enhances its reality coefficient.
But a REAL computer has casters, (or a forklift)
A REAL computer dims the lights during power-up (for the NEIGHBORHOOD)
A REAL computer attracts attention from the Fatherland Security.
If I write a
PC emulator that runs on a real computer, does the computer
become not real?
Or does my PDP-9 emulator running on my PC make IT 'a real
computer'. I