Hardware Hobbyists vs. Emulator Enthusiasts vs Replica Recreators

[Ray Arachelian]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Ray Arachelian wrote:
>>>   Oh good lord.  Can we give this up?  SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT
>>> COMPUTING IS MORE THAN JUST SOFTWARE.  Get over it.
>>
>> You're right.  People believe lots of interesting, and strange stuff.
>>
>> But maybe I'm missing something here, so remind me again, just how does
>> one get a Von Neumann architecture machine to *COMPUTE* something
>> without that machine invoking any instruction/opcode/microcode at all?
>
>   You're right, I guess I'll go scrap my house full of PDP-8s,
> PDP-11s, and DECsystem-2020 since they can all be completely replaced
> by emulators.

Where, exactly, did I ever suggest anyone should do such a thing? 
Certainly you cannot run software without hardware, but the point is
that hardware without software is just as useless.
I have taken exception to the anti-emulator sentiment, but that does not
mean that I would promote the destruction of older hardware in favor of
just emulation.

You've apparently *not* been reading what I actually wrote, but rather
assuming.