The Computer History Simulation Project

ChunKing writes "The Computer History Simulation Project is a loose Internet-based collective of people interested in restoring historically significant computer hardware and software systems by simulation. The goal of the project is to create highly portable system simulators and to publish them as freeware on the Internet, with freely available copies of significant or representative software. I can't wait 'til someone fixes me an OS/390 emulator to remind me of the days when I used to be an Ops Analyst for a major bank..."

Comments

one thing to try

[CoughDropAddict]

An interesting thing you could do with a PDP-11 emulator is try out one of the winning entries from the 1984 IOCCC that requires a PDP-11 to run. Look at the entry and you'll see why. :-)

Real-time Multics

[delphi125]

Reminds me of a comment made in a lecture by Roger Needham a dozen years ago:

Multics was an operating system designed for the real-time simulation of geological processes.

It took us a while for it to sink in before we worked it out.

Geek Romance

[mikosullivan]

A married couple I know met when they were in the card stack line for the university mainframe. How do you suppose the the historical society could emulate that?

Windows XP Emulator

[mikosullivan]

I can see the day when there's a Windows XP emulator. Future hackers will be fascinated at the way the module reaches into their bank accounts and drains out money.