Reply #21: Yeah, it's a legit problem [View All]

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I just don't understand why the 5100 is the magic key to fixing things in 2036. I run Linux and I don't think the kernel contains any APL or BASIC code, or whatever language the 5100 understands. ;)

John Titor: "The 5100 has the ability to easily translate between the old IBM code, APL, BASIC and (with a few tweaks in 1975) UNIX... I do expect they will create some sort of emulation system to use in multiple locations."

Most Unixish operating systems are written in C or C++, so this comment that he's going to use the 5100 to "translate" between "Unix" and "APL/Basic/old IBM code" makes no sense to me. It also seems like he picked up on the "why don't you just emulate it?" question that was posed in the link that started this thread. I guess the nuclear war destroyed all of the IBM 5100s and its specifications, but left other old (four plus decades by 2036) code and machines that they have to fix. Doubtful... it sounds like a great movie, though.