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Don't Nurse Old Hardware - Emulate It

gManZboy writes "Bob Supnik, former team lead for DEC's VAX microprossesor, has an article up on Queue about his Computer History Simulation Project and how emulating old servers may be a better way to keep them running that servicing the physical machines. So how many PDP-11's can you run on a Pentium 4 anyhow?"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    forst pist

    RB

  2. The poster missed the point... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    can a PDP-11 running on a Pentium 4 VM play Doom 3?

  3. Eww... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to troll, but PLEASE change the color scheme back to the original. This hideous gold-white scheme makes all IT articles very difficult to read.

  4. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and sling or table bureaucratic and is busy infighting community at Sales and so on, the choosing prospects are very To have to decide short of a miracle

  5. Re:I disagree by acebone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Go for cheap brands, that'll reduce your lifespan more while hitting your cash reserve less, that's what I do !

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  6. #irc.trooltalk.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ce8tralized OpenBSD, as the

  7. Re:I disagree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Roll your own! The filterless cigs you make this way are guaranteed to provide the maximum lifespan reduction!

  8. Re:I disagree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Boy, no one has a sense of humor today. I guess I should post as AC next time or at least put a smiley on the end of my post so that people understand it's a joke...