G. again / still:

> ... the goal would be to provide a cheap version that
> lets everyone have that laptop 3000 they've always
> wanted and yet be able to charge real money in the
> case that the user is going to run real production
> processing on it.

Yes, please...   :-)   I think above is ideal outcome.
Let's face it:  The compter science kids that are in
school right now are not all going to rush out and plunk
down $100 (or whatever it ends up being) for a one-or-
two user version of an MPE emulator right away. But I'll
bet a high percentage of the people on this list and
3000-L will...

SIDEBAR:  sooo, Gavin: When will you start taking "early
bird", non-refundable discount payments for that one-or-
two user laptop version ??..   ;-)

> We continue to press HP to offer both a Developer (not
> Hobbyist!) license and a Production license. Of course
> having both one unrestricted free license would be
> optimal from *our* point of view :-)

"both IN one" is I believe what G. meant to say...
anyway:  Ditto, from my point of view.  Next best thing
is...  well, the next best thing, I guess, whatever that
is...

>> Should the platform emulator make a connection between
>> the underlying system and the license?
>
> No?

I would say "no", if we can get away with that...
again speaking just for me...


Then Denys on same thread:

> ... By the end of 2003, about the time a platform
> emulator would be ready/available/possible to sell  (I
> don't see this happening before EOSales,) the high-end
> Pentium IV should be beyond 5GHz, approaching 6GHz.
> This is a very, very far cry from the 110 (ha!) MHz of
> the A-class and the 400 or 550 MHz of the N-class by
> at least 3 orders of magnitude.

Denys didn't quite get his "orders of magnitude" right:
What HE meant to say was "up to two orders of magnitude";
i.e.:  A Class is (maybe) 55 MHz effective.  55 MHz times
100 = 5.5 GHz.    :-)

...  but Denys is right that even with a semi-efficient
emulator, it should really scream on a maxed-out 5 GHz
IA box...

Ken Sletten