Which Dec Emulation is the MOST useful and Versatile?
Jon Elson
elson at pico-systems.com
Sun Oct 29 12:37:32 CDT 2017
On 10/28/2017 09:09 PM, Eric Smith via cctech wrote:
> IBM invented computer emulation and introduced it with System/360 in 1964.
> They defined it as using special-purpose hardware and/or microcode on a
> computer to simulate a different computer.
Maurice V. Wilkes wrote a paper in 1951 defining
microprogramming. IBM was not the first company to build
machines using the technique. They did make microcode
mainstream technology with the 360, however.
Jon
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