When I started out in programming, over 40 years ago, the distinction was that an emulator was hardware assisted, while a simulator was pure software.
John P. Baker From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Huegel, Thomas Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:24 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: IBM 1401: was Re: z/VM 5.4 VSAM question - PJBR Now I beg the question, 'What is the difference between an "emulator", and a 'simulator"?'. I always thought they were differentiated in that the emulator required a hardware feature and a simulator was all software. Is that correct?
