Emulation or the real thing?

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed Oct 21 10:23:47 1998

At 05:59 PM 10/20/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
>
>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? Basically, it would incorporate a CAD system with a SPICE system.

Actually, a flavor of this exists, or will exist soon, in the form
of network management software that lets you take a virtual reality
tour of the (perhaps tens of thousands) of computers on the network
you administer, and zoom in on a particular machine and peek inside
to see which cards and storage units are installed.

- John
Received on Wed Oct 21 1998 - 10:23:47 BST