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An emulator for my old system today and tomorrow ?

Talkat FOSDEM 2021 · on Sunday, 2021-02-07· at 10:05· D.retro· [software-architecture, documentation]

speaker

name:Christophe Ponsard

links:none on file

resources

video:https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.retro/retro_emulation.mp4

slides:https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/retro_emulation/attachments/slides/4671/export/events/attachments/retro_emulation/slides/4671/FOSDEM21_Preservation_V4.pdf

summary

This talk examines use of software emulators (MAME/MESS, specialized projects, JavaScript ports) for digital preservation at a Belgian computer museum, using the DAI "Imagination Machine" as a practical case. It covers how to find and choose emulators for different uses (research, demonstration, retrogaming), architectural and community considerations for emulator sustainability, and guidelines drawn from the speaker’s experience as a museum user and software engineer evaluating maintainability.

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