Serial ports, hardware, and files in general sound like a job for the
underlying OS with an abstraction on the MPE level.

Regards,

Frank Gribbin

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 21:49:03 -0400, Birket Foster <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>The "anti-priracy" mechanism will be necessary to get the software vendors
>to assist the "Emulator Market" ... Most are watching to see what HP has
to
>say for itself on the rest of the details and arrangements.
>
>No reason to particpate unless thee is a Return on Investment - Gavin will
>have to teach us all how to diagnose problems in this environment - we
still
>have a number of customers using serial connections for devices like weigh
>scales ... with no DTCs how will they connect?
>
>My opinion,
>
>Birket
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>Jonathan M. Backus
>Sent: Tue,October 01, 2002 5:16 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: PA-RISC Emulator - 3rd Party Software
>
>
>Gavin,
>
>        Very well said (as usual) but I would like to focus on this
singular
>aspect
>for a moment (see below).  Would you agree that some of the functional
>details of the emulator can be hammered out by open discussion?  For
>example, the format, need, and execution of HPCPUNAME and HPSUSAN.  I
would
>like for some of the 3rd party vendors in the list to join in with their
>thoughts on this issue.  Historically 3rd party software has used a
>combination of this information (and perhaps others) to "lock" a copy of
the
>software onto a specific box.  I'm assuming the 3rd party software vendors
>are still interested in this ability but it would be better for them to
>confirm it rather then us to assume it.  This question is separate from
the
>issue of "do end users like the practice".  Can vendors please join in at
>this point on this issue?
>
>Thanx,
>        Jon
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: OpenMPE Support Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>Gavin Scott
>Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:59 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [OPENMPE] PA-RISC Emulator
>
>
>> I would like to suggest that the BOD ask these people and others to
>> form a committee to define the emulator project.
>
>Good software is rarely defined by committee.  A quality HPe3000 Platform
>Emulator will only be developed by an individual or a small team of people
>working together with adequate funding and lack of outside interference.
>
>If you intend to write an emulator yourself, or wish to produce a
>specification and then employ someone to produce it as a work-for-hire
then,
>by-all-means, use the design process that you feel is best suited to your
>needs.
>
>Gavin