> An e3000 is hardware (with integral firmware, of course)

Correct me if I am wrong but HP 3000 & HP e3000 were always sold as a
complete, hardware and software package.   The HPe3000 therefore a system
comprised of MPE/iX running on a specific configuration of PA-RISC hardware.

There is a similar problem with the term "platform emulator".

Definition: Platform.
Computer Science. The basic technology of a computer system's hardware and
software that defines how a computer is operated and determines what other
kinds of software can be used.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=platform

HP has proposed a HP e3000 hardware emulator or simulator.    Not a platform
emulator, not a HP e3000 emulator.

Emulator is the most commonly used term.  If there is some technical
consensus regarding the distinction between emulator and simulator I doubt
it is one that even the average IT professional can explain.

That is why I suggest the best way to describe HP's proposal is: a license
to run MPE/iX on a HPe3000 hardware emulator.    The terms platform emulator
and HP e3000 emulator are confusing for this context.

Cortlandt Wilson
(650) 966-8555

>-----Original Message-----
>From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>Jeff Woods
>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 2:21 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: MPE/iX Licensing and Distribution for an Emulated
>Environment
>
>
>At  02:24 PM 3/3/2003, Gavin Scott wrote:
>>Maybe OpenMPE would like to put together a web page with a migration
>>terminology glossary that could seek to provide a common vocabulary for
>>people working in the MPE world?
>
>The distinction between "emulator" and "simulator" is (and will continue to
>be) blurred and subjective. The primary difference I think we're trying to
>make is between "e3000 emulation" and "MPE emulation" (or "simulation" if
>you prefer). MPE is software. An e3000 is hardware (with integral firmware,
>of course). BiTech, Denkart, et al have "MPE emulators". What HP has
>proposed to license MPE would be an "e3000 emulator".
>
>--
>Jeff Woods
>"Errors creep into everything, and the only way to expunge them is to have
>any bit of work reviewed by a few others." -- Wirt Atmar, 10-27-2001
>"The great thing about Open Source software is that you can have any color
>screen of death that you want." -- Gavin Scott, 08-22-2000