Emulated Peripherals

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sun Feb 16 17:03:01 2003

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Brian Knittel wrote:

> I was sort of shocked to see snide remarks directed at the guy
> who posted a (well, blatantly commercial -- but let's pass that
> by for now) message about his company's legacy emulation
> products.

Commercial ads get posted from time to time that are totally objectionable
(like the occasional spam) but David's message was at least on-topic, and
his company may well come in handy for someone in the future. I've spoken
to him and what they do is very interesting: it's a commercial version of
what Bob Shannon did to interface an IDE drive to his HP 2116.

> Third, does it make sense to offend the people who are first in
> line to help find new homes for classic gear when it eventually
> gets completely decommissioned?

Indeed. They are, after all, keeping old machines alive and in operation,
doing useful work. That's something that most people on this list cannot
claim :/

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