Two ways: The first is nostalgia. My first computer was a North Star Horizon Z80 'home computer' which ran at first North Star DOS and then CP/M. Over the year

Two ways: The first is nostalgia. My first computer was a North Star Horizon Z80 'home computer' which ran at first North Star DOS and then CP/M. Over the years I have written emulators for that particular machine which slowly evolved from CLI to curses-based, through to several GTK+ versions. Each new iteration getting closer and closer and then surpassing the capabilities of my first computer. Second is the 'Wow, that'd be cool' factor. Just be aware of your own thinking. Every now and then, you read about something and your mind says "Wow. That'd be cool.' and then you move on to some other thing. But why not see if you can turn that 'cool idea' into some form of reality? The problem with both of those approaches is that they are 'internal to you'. Maybe somebody else could be imbued with the same fire, but maybe not. I don't have a solution for you. But then again, I don't want to discourage you either. Do your platform. It may work. But don't be discouraged if it doesn't. Like many of my/our side projects, they don't all work. <grin>