Re: OFF: ZIP vs GZ was:Re: [f-cpu] F-CPU vs ALPHA

[Juergen Goeritz <goeritz@oekomm.de>]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Ben Franchuk wrote:

> Juergen Goeritz wrote:
> > But they all run under Linux! if you really want to live
> > that 'dusty old CD' stuff you have to get the source code
> > anyway because it's the only way!
> 
> No a lot of the old computers the SOURCE has been lost and
> running a emulator for a machine that last ran in the 1980's ...
> 1970's ... 1960's and even the 1950's is the only way for people
> to have a feel for what the old machines where like. 

Still got one of the 'old ones' - handcrafted Z80 CP/M machine.
But I don't know of any emulator still available for these...

Maybe we need some new backup tools where the required hardware
functionality is described and included in the backup file?
No more operating systems, just a VHDL to hardware synthesizer.
Self-extracting hardware for the universal logic array PCBs
of the future. Every software runs on its own dedicated hardware.
Forget about PCs! :-)

JG

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