[rescue] zuluscsi wide sca80 or scsiknife sca as replacement to hd in sun ultra 60

Mouse mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG
Wed May 27 14:15:54 UTC 2026


> It's not an emulator when it's being used as an ordinary mass storage
> device.  When it's configured with a tape device, that *is* an
> emulation, since it's faking the tape semantics, like move forward,
> move backward, write tape mark, etc.

Philosophical question, and I mean this as a discussion start rather
than as anything even vaguely along the lines of "that's wrong!" (if
for no other reason than that I would use the same terminology):

Why is it emulation when something presents those semantics backed by a
file on an SD card, but not when backed by rust-coated plastic?

Especially when it's not emulation to present a mass-storage device
interface regardless of whether it's backed by a file on an SD card or
rust-coated metal platters?

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