As Dave (Jones) said, yes, it's been done.
But Dave (Craig), while it *is* cool, don't be shocked at this feat.
BOCHS is a pure emulator. It can be built on *any* HW platform
("System p", Sun SPARC, or an ARM hand-held, not only "System z")
and will emulate the INTeL instruction set with a smattering of
simulated PC hardware attached.
The determined experimenter can do yet kinkier things:
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=6418
"an x86 emulator running a 680x0 emulator on a handheld gaming console"
Some may also enjoy shattering of gender assumptions in that post,
"my name's Neisha, and yes, girls can hack too".
-- R;
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David L. Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:29:59AM -0400, Alan Altmark wrote:
> >
> > An excellent goal. As a point of comparison, have you ever run Windows
> > using the Bochs emulator on zLinux? If so, on what machine? (I'd like
> to
> > see someone try it on a z10.)
>
> Are you saying or asking if has run Bochs on a mainframe? That would
> be a very significant achievement.
>
> --
>
> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly!
>
> Dave Craig
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> "'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was.
> You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then.
> Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'"
>
> --from _Nightfall_ by Asimov/Silverberg
>
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