Emulation Computerphile

Summary

The number of virtual machines has swelled due to cloud computing & changes to the X86 processor, but what are Virtual ... The PDP1 was a groundbreaking computer from the 1950's - but where does it fit into computing history and how would you use it ... Using the example of a flight simulator to discuss the complexities of coding a multi-player game. What data do you send? RISC processors kept things simple, but when do you need to make your hardware more complicated and when can you leave it ... Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what EDSAC was ... A teenager in his bedroom playing Global Thermonuclear War 'online' via his IMSAI 8080 in the classic movie War Games - Jason ... From recreating ancient consoles to making modern PCs run games they were never meant to play, here is every console ... Dicussing implementation with Professor Brailsford. Professor Brailsford emailed me after we recorded this to say that of course ... Enigma is known as the WWII cipher, but how does it hold up in 2021? Dr Mike Pound implemented it and shows how it stacks up ... In 1997 developer Icer Addis released NESticle, a Freeware NES Learn more about the Jane Street internship at: jane-st.co/internships2027- "If your name's not down, you're not coming in!" - How the CPU's "Bouncer" keeps some memory off-limits. Matt Godbolt continues ... The Bit Blit algorithm dates back to Xerox PARC, but was famously used to sell the Amiga home computer among others. Dr Steve ... See the Steve and Sir Martyn playing the game on our chemistry channel (Periodic Videos): youtu.be/cylNiU0mmHg Links ...