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- From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
- Subject: Re: Proposal: Computer History Project
- Message-ID: <id.HMUR.52H@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Jul24.144643.19792@crl.dec.com> <13297@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:45:43 GMT
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- In article <13297@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) writes:
- > My idea is to have
- > the emulator present itself to the user through X-windows, for example,
- > with a window that represents the front panel (complete with lights,
- > switches, and the original manufacturer's distinctive graphic designs),
- > and a second window representing the console teletype (or flexowriter,
- > if you go back far enough on some machines).
-
- Well, provide a dumb terminal interface as well. Some of us still have them,
- and using them for this application is entirely in the spirit of the excersize.
-
- I have original users manuals for the 4004 and 8008, if anyone actually gets
- this going and needs the information.
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