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> It does not in any way emulate PalmOS or the PP hardware. Citation? Here’s IMAX Engineering confirming that it’s emulating a Palm Pilot. “The original Quick
by CharlesW 3y ago
> It does not in any way emulate PalmOS or the PP hardware.
Citation? Here’s IMAX Engineering confirming that it’s emulating a Palm Pilot.
“The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on Palm Pilots. In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that mimics the look and feel of a Palm Pilot to keep it simple and familiar for IMAX film projectionists,” an IMAX spokesperson told Motherboard.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x5gb/imax-still-runs-on-palmpilot-operating-system https://www.vice.com/en/article/88x5gb/imax-still-runs-on-pa...
- ScoobleDoodle 3y agoThat's not a quote from IMAX engineering. That's a quote from an IMAX spokesperson of what engineering said. And in the game of telephone something is lost along the way. I would guess they meant: IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured a system that emulates the look and feel of a Palm Pilot to keep it simple and familiar for IMAX film projectionists. But mixed it up in a way that means something different to us techies.
- CharlesW 3y agoIf we assume simplicity/safety trumps other considerations for a solution rolled out just before the year’s biggest release, “emulator” is probably correct and “emulates look and feel” is a spokesperson mischaracterization.
- bobsmooth 3y agoBuilding a whole emulator sounds more error prone than rebuilding the system with a PalmOS skin.
- philistine 3y agoPalmOS emulators already exist. This is probably what it’s running.
- edmundsauto 3y agoDo you have any particularly inside information here?