Emulation or the real thing?

^^^^^ I think the Amiga is a good example, yes it can be emulated, there is even a commercial product to do just that. Which would you prefer, a decked out A3000 or a emulation? Personally I prefer my A3000 (still needs an accelerator to be truely decked out). For me half the fun or more is in the tinkering with the hardware to get a system running. Another good example is the PDP-11, sure the emulation gives you a faster and most definitly quieter system, but the hardware can be so much fun to puzzle out. Then there is the down side, all the space these systems take up, but hey, someone has to preserve this part of our history. Besides, the keyboards are NEVER right when doing emulation, and at times that can be really rough. Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |