For me, the real machine is more important. An emulation is a poor replacement (especially if it has to run under Microsoft-anything). But with some hardware being in very short quantity, an emulator can fulfill a need. I'm in the process of working on a pdp-10 emulator, but that is not to say that I would turn down real hardware... my only problem right now is lack of space. I definitely could not handle a KA, KI or KL... but a KS? Good possibiliy... the disks are another problem, however. Megan Gentry Former RT-11 Developer +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Megan Gentry, EMT/B, PP-ASEL | Internet (work): gentry!zk3.dec.com | | Unix Support Engineering Group | (home): mbg!world.std.com | | Compaq Computer Corporation | addresses need '@' in place of '!' | | 110 Spitbrook Rd. ZK03-2/T43 | URL: http://world.std.com/~mbg/ | | Nashua, NH 03062 | "pdp-11 programmer - some assembler | | (603) 884 1055 | required." - mbg | +--------------------------------+-------------------------------------+