Big fan - tried to build something like that called VAXBOX, but that was a few years back. Sampsa On 15 Oct 2012, at 17:59, Brian Hechinger wrote: On 10/15/2012 12:21 AM, Dave McGuire wrote: There's that. Also, he's got a VMware host on his home network; "new machines" can just pop into existence on there with no spousal recognition whatsoever. =) You know, on that note, what does everyone think about the idea of a vmware appliance? Just a small trim linux install with simh? -brian