12 Aug
2012
12 Aug
'12
1:14 p.m.
On 12/08/2012 20:14, Tony Duell wrote:
Every time I'be both seem an
emulator of a chassic machine (runinng on a
friend's machine, obvious) and also run the rela hardware myself, I feel
the emultor doens't come close to the experinece of actually running the
classic computer.
Maybe that wil lchange, but I doubt it...
I agree, although running Hercules on a real 3270 comes close to the end
user experience, but its then an artefact that I am using.
I was thinking of using the Raspberry PI to try and get closer to the
real machine feel, but I would need to manufacture, or otherwise obtain,
a keyboard with 24 PF keys and in the UK they cost almost as much as a
real 3270...
I believe that the loss of the knowledge on how to run
these machines would
be more significant in the loss of access to data.
That is why simulators are so
important. You can get most of the feel
of the machine from the comfort of your own home. -tony
--
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
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