Disk hardware emulation, was Re: Grandfather system RTE6/VM?

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Mon Dec 8 20:07:07 2003

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 10:39, Tony Duell wrote:

> The problem with PCs is that the designs change far too often. It's OK
> saying you can fix PCs by board-swapping (actually, it's not, but that's
> another rant), but often you find the replacement board/module is no
> longer available

I think you're missing the point here, the idea was that using "current
pc tech" you could use current-standard software environment and
hardware interfaces, using the "pee cee" as an interchangable black box.
Software program inside, standard interface outside, everything else
purely blackboxed.
Received on Mon Dec 08 2003 - 20:07:07 GMT