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		rjsw 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 52 Year old data tape could contain Unix history Given who wrote it, simh seems as close to an official VAX emulator as you are going to get.

chasil 38 days ago [–]

The Charon/Stromasys sales staff described it as a toy.

anthk 38 days ago | [–]

In 1990's, maybe. Today simh-classic it's serious stuff up to the point a fork was made because some nut tried to tamper 1:1 disk/tape images with custom headers.

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