RE: Chris: Thank you!

From: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 09:04:02 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.005AA958.20030604152156@fatcity.com>

Haven't you seen The Matrix? The "leading edge PC" can be a virtual PC emulated on an IBM AIX machine. The floppy disk will be a virtual floppy disk emulated on a USB keychain disk drive. etc.

(Aside: how many of the posters on the list are actually software constructs? Come on, be honest.)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niall Litchfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> I understand why you wouldn't wish to part with it, but a
> virtual museum
> will never work. The 'where to find a leading edge PC' problem has
> already been mentioned, where to find an industry standard floppy disk
> will become an issue as well. For my money the best route for a museum
> would be a source code library and a set of emulators of each
> architecture that is preserved.
Received on Thu Jun 05 2003 - 11:04:02 CDT