Subject: Re: simh and NetBSD
To: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/10/2003 08:44:03
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:29:38PM -0400, John Klos wrote:
> 
> I seriously doubt that ANY email client will ever duplicate the
> functionality of Outlook. Its ability to run foreign code is unparalleled.
> Even if someone can duplicate that, building a security system into Unix
> to allow the email client to have unfettered access to all of the system's
> resources is a daunting task in itself, and could take years to duplicate.

this has .sig written all over it. ;)

> I tried simh on a 1466 MHz AMD system running NetBSD, but found that my
> VAXStation 4000/60 was far faster. So I'm sticking with the real thing for
> bulk package builds until a more optimised version of simh becomes
> available.
> 
> In my opinion, the performance isn't there yet except for experimental
> things.

hmmmmm, on well.  guess i'll go with other options then.  that would have
been cool to do though. :)

-brian
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