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From: macrakis@harvard.ARPA (Stavros Macrakis)
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Subject: Emulators for old machines
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 16:00:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 16:00:22 1985
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There is a tremendous amount of software, most of it not portable,
written for obsolete computers and obsolete operating systems.  It
would be very nice, I would think, if a collection of the historically
interesting software could be made, and even nicer if it could be run.
It is not practical to run the old machines, but it should be very
practical to emulate them.  The tough part is providing enough
emulation for the operating system (if that's where you want to put
your interface) or the I/O hardware.

Is there anyone working on a family of portable emulators for
historically interesting machines?

	-s