ziggy wrote:
In article <1147479376.748644.319570@d71g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, mcphja2@yahoo.com wrote:Personally, I would love it! I'm not a big fan of emulators, they just don't do anything for me. However, ever since I saw a mini PDP-8, I have thought that mini-versions of various classic computers would be a lot of fun. I for one HAD a nice vintage computer collection until my wife made me choose between most of it or her. (It was a very hard choice, I might add)Technically, using a FPGA in the remake of a classic machine is an emulator.. Just at a pseduo hardware level.Not that Im against it at all, just a comment that unless its 'real', its not really the same thing.
While I understand you point, a "hardware emulation" can mimic all the electronic interfaces (like the bus), while a "software emulation" cannot. (Usually, "emulation" by itself refers to a *software* emulation.) -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."