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If the hardware is unsupported and no longer maintainable you could run the software on an emulator. That way you don't need to know how the software works.
by DonaldFisk 8y ago
If the hardware is unsupported and no longer maintainable you could run the software on an emulator. That way you don't need to know how the software works. The hardware's instruction set would be a lot less complex and almost certainly better documented.
- tonyarkles 8y agoWhenever this comes up, I’m reminded of two of my favourite calculators: the HP48 and the HP49g+. HP used a processor called the Saturn for a long time, and when they finally could no longer source it, they switched to ARM running a Saturn emulator for the ‘49. The ‘48 had battle-hardened firmware, and this was probably a great decision. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Saturn https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Saturn