>> The original machine, no contest!. An emulator can't possibly include the
>> wonderful hot-component smells, hardware problems, being able to stick a
>> logic probe anywhere you like, the joys of fixing the darn thing, etc.
> SO how long is it before some really enthusiastic hacker creates a 3D
> emulator using a graphics engine like that in DOOM, that allows you to pop
> open the cover and go INSIDE the machine, home in on specific ICs,
> resistors, capacitors, etc. and stick a probe or voltmeter up to the
> leads? [...] Later on, when they invent the Scent
> Printer (a device which emits the smells of the computer you are working
> on) you'll be able to know when you've shorted something because all of a
> sudden a foul, toxic cloud will be emitted.
> I don't think this is so much of a fantasy. Its a lot of work, but it
> could be done (ok, save for the Scent Printer part).
Salam, just forget it - i will never klick on an
Open-The-Cover button (or point on wit a clumbsy
glove) when I can feel the snap of an Apple ][+
case by my own.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Oct 21 1998 - 10:05:15 BST