Emulation or the real thing? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Oct 1998

At 05:59 PM 10/20/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
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SO how long is it before some really enthusiastic hacker creates a 3D
emulator using a graphics engine like that in DOOM, that allows you to pop
open the cover and go INSIDE the machine, home in on specific ICs,
resistors, capacitors, etc. and stick a probe or voltmeter up to the
leads?  Basically, it would incorporate a CAD system with a SPICE system.  
Actually, a flavor of this exists, or will exist soon, in the form
of network management software that lets you take a virtual reality
tour of the (perhaps tens of thousands) of computers on the network
you administer, and zoom in on a particular machine and peek inside
to see which cards and storage units are installed.

- John