[rescue] looking for IBM System/36 software

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Apr 9 12:17:28 CDT 2015


On 04/09/2015 01:13 PM, Andrew Jones wrote:
>>    Screw that.  Run the hardware!  The best use of an emulator is to
>> assist in the running of real hardware.
> 
> Running an emulator is one thing, but *writing* an emulator is a joy in
> itself.

  I have no doubt.  How better to learn an architecture than by
implementing it, even if not in silicon?

> AS/400 and TIMI are a really cool and interesting architecture. I bet
> writing an emulator would be a blast.  (If I had the time..)

  ...which would be the big limitation. :-/

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA


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