Hardware vs Simh

Well, that's certainly true of _classic_ computing... And it's great!. This is a very wide hobby, with all sorts of ways to enjoy. The fact that different people enjoy differnt aspects doens't mean that some are right and soem are wrong, or that some are 'better' than others. It means they enjoy different things, nothing more. _I_ can't see the appeal of running an emulator for some 1980's home computer and then writing programs in BASIC, when there are much better languages and debugging systems available for PCs. But the fact that _I_ can't see the appeal is a problem with me, not with those that enjoy it. I am quite sure that there are pletny of people who can't se the appeal of staring at the 'scope and logic analyser for horse. Of burnign your fingers on an overheating part. On spending a few hours in the grrage egettign shoered in oil and mettla turnings as you make a new part for the printing terminal. But that's what _I_ enjoy... -tony