3 Dec
2002
3 Dec
'02
4:51 a.m.
On Dec 3, 1:22, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Seems like they finally figured out how to read that BBC Domesday disk:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2534391.stm
What I want to know is how they used "software emulation" to "read"
the
disc. There had to be some hardware involved somewhere.
Anyone have the full story?
I don't know what exactly they did, but I do know that several people who
have working laservision players offered to lend one. It's just a Philips
laservision player, as still used by video buffs, but with a SCSI
interface.
Of course, you'd need software to make sense of the directory structure, so
perhaps the "emulation" part was something to run the Video Filing System
developed for the BBC Micro, or some equivalent.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
3 Dec
3 Dec
8:48 a.m.
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Peter Turnbull wrote:
I don't know what exactly they did, but I do know
that several people who
have working laservision players offered to lend one. It's just a Philips
laservision player, as still used by video buffs, but with a SCSI
interface.
Of course, you'd need software to make sense of the directory structure, so
perhaps the "emulation" part was something to run the Video Filing System
developed for the BBC Micro, or some equivalent.
Sounds like simply another case of a clueless reporter. My guess is that
"emulation" actually means "they wrote new drivers".
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