Gavin writes, in part:
The SUSAN control is easy, you simply have a "license code" that you enter
when you install the software (just as with most PC applications) that
license the software for that machine and also sets what the SUSAN / CPUNAME
values will be.  You don't need any sort of "SS_CONFIG" program for that.

 Now comes the fun part.

On a PA-RISC system, the CPUNAME sorta, kinda reflected the power of the
system.  Also, before the PCI systems, there were various levels of user
licenses.  The issue comes with how does this relate to reality with an
emulator.  Let's say somehow the emulator can detect that it is running on
an "HP" box, (difficult but perhaps possible by interrogating the BIOS
directly,) how does one control having the platform emulator run on say an
8-way Pentium IV VS say a 2 way Pentium III or a Laptop?  Does one say "if
you have an A-class type license, you must run on a 486/100.  If you have an
N-class license, you can run on a Pentium IV multiprocessor system."?
Should the platform emulator make a connection between the underlying system
and the license?


Denys...