At 02:09 PM 11/13/2002 -0500, Jonathan M. Backus wrote:
>         There are people on many different versions of MPE (5.5, 6.0,
> 6.5, 7.0, &
>7.5).  Each version has pros and cons.  There needs to be some discussion
>about which version should HP make available to the emulator companies
>(Allegro & SRI) initially.  Should the emulator companies start with
>validation under 5.5 and then work forward or should they start with a later
>version?  We need some thought and discussion around this.  If you are
>interested in the PA-RISC emulator, what version of MPE are you running on
>your e3000 hardware?  Why?  Is it because of the need for HP-IB devices,
>because you have an A or N class and it's what came on the box, or what?

Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that the folks contemplating
developing an emulator were thinking of emulating the hardware, not the
software.  If they are going to distribute copies of MPE then they probably
need at least 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 to keep the HPIB and latest hardware
folks in the fold.



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