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From: koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler)
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Subject: Re: Y3K for PDP-11 Operating Systems
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Date: 31 May 2011 15:54:17 -0500
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In article <aaa2ed58-b094-4584-9b7f-311743605e48@b1g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, jjh <jjhudak@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> My point is, a lot of the older processor archtectures have  close to
> or 100% compliant IP cores.  There is even one for the Apollo 11 Lunar
> Landar flight computer that runs release B of the lander code.
> So why struggle with a sw emulation? (aside from the fact that it can
> easiliy run on a PC).

   Exactly.  There are a hell of a lot of software folks and end users
   who can download another piece of software and get it to run, but
   haven't got the foggiest of how to burn an FPGA, don't have an FPGA
   burner, and don't want one.