Replica and Emulators(was: Alto II (was Re: PDP-8 prices))

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Tue Jan 26 10:31:22 1999

> > Stop being a nay-sayer and just do it, Derek! That's what college is for.
> > You could win a Haggle Online Best-of-Show award this year at the VCF with
> > it!

> You already gave me that incentive about three times, and both of those
> ideas were FAR easier. Well, building a replica of Zuse's Z-3 may not be
> easier. But my Apple ][ programming ideas are easier, and bringing my
> Marchant is MUCH easier. So why should I bother doing the difficult stuff,
> if the reward is the same? :)

A Z3 replik ? Only functional (al relays, but modern part) or
an exact copy ? As for the functional replica it's just some
work and an awfull lot of money for the parts (my guess, some
8000 USD), but easyer than most _exact_ emulations of complex
machines, since the Z3 is _well_ documented and describen - and
thanks to Raul Rojas and his students, these documents are easy
to get now - and modern parts are a _bit_ more reliable.

Gruss
H.

--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Tue Jan 26 1999 - 10:31:22 GMT

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