Re: Four York****remen and 64 gig memory

In article <mddps102mu1.fsf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
   Rich Alderson <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>jmfbahciv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:
>
>> In article <5jqv2qFtp72U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>    Roland Hutchinson <my.spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> J de Boyne Pollard wrote:
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>>>> You do realize, don't you, that this is one of those threads that can
>>>> only possibly end with "And you try and tell the young people of
today
>>>> that ..... they won't believe you."?
>
>>> We were expected to believe without being told.
>
>> The kids can be pointed at an emulator and told to boot up an
>> -11, -8 or -10 OS.
>
>> Is there a IBM 1620 emulator?
>
>Yup.  Same family of emulator programs, SimH, which does all of
>
>    Data General Nova, Eclipse
>    Digital Equipment Cor****ation PDP-1, PDP-4, PDP-7, PDP-8, PDP-9,
PDP-10,
>                                  PDP-11, PDP-15, VAX
>    GRI Cor****ation GRI-909
>    IBM 1401, 1620, 1130,  7090/7094, System 3
>              ^^^^
>    Interdata (Perkin-Elmer) 16b and 32b systems
>    Hewlett-Packard 2114, 2115, 2116, 2100, 21MX
>    Honeywell H316/H516
>    MITS Altair 8800, with both 8080 and Z80
>    Royal-Mcbee LGP-30, LGP-21
>    Scientific Data Systems SDS 940
>
The only problem with software emulator is the kids don't get
the "feel" of the machine.  I have yet to figure out how to
explain this phrase but it includes sound, smell, touch, 
typing cadence, and the activities of keeping the gear clean.

/BAH