EDSAC on your desk.

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Sun Sep 20 22:19:53 1998

   Well, sorta.. I have found a wonderful EDSAC simulator that
runs on Windows or Mac. It presents you with the 'front panel' of
the machine.. a CRT that 'looks' at the various memory delay tanks,
other register displays, and some control buttons. One 'punches'
programs into files, which are then presented to the sim and away it
goes. Even (corny) sound effects. It emulates the machine as it
existed in the 1949 - 50 time range.

  It is a 1.873 Mb file that explodes into the program and demo
files, as well as two .pdf docs explaining everything.

  
It can be had at: www.ocs.warwick.ac.uk/~edsac


  I have been playing with it on and off all day today.

Sam: Possibly a neat item at VCF II would be to have a box running
this simulator... it certainly gives instant awareness of what it
was like back in the Old Days.

 Certainly on topic, I guess... ;}

  Cheers

John
Received on Sun Sep 20 1998 - 22:19:53 BST