Super User Stack Exchange
Super User Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [simulation]

56 questions
22
votes
5 answers

Can I run iOS apps on my Mac?

I've seen a number of neat iPhone apps recently that I'd like to use. In particular, there are a number of neat musical apps (metronome, tuner, etc.) that seem highly rated, and have no real Mac equivalent. I don't have a recent iPod/iPhone/iPad…
Ken
  • 2,909
  • 7
  • 25
  • 28
20
votes
4 answers

Fastest way to reproduce a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)?

As part of a multi-operating system challenge (testing computer integrity), I need to find the fastest way to reproduce a genuine Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on a Windows machine. Any version that is XP or later will work. As Shinrai puts it: So…
n0pe
  • 16,472
  • 18
  • 71
  • 102
15
votes
5 answers

Is there any software or hardware which lets you stop, slow down, speed up or even reverse time?

Obviously I'm talking about time in terms of the PC clock rather than real time. We were testing an application we've developed at work by setting the clock forward and back to simulate different scenarios and I started thinking how useful it would…
Tom Robinson
  • 2,440
  • 3
  • 26
  • 41
6
votes
3 answers

How do I simulate a slow internet connection on OS X?

I would like to test how some websites and other services behave when using them with a slow connection, say, a maximum bandwidth of 512 kBit/s, and a delay of 500ms. How can I do that in OS X?
slhck
  • 223,558
  • 70
  • 607
  • 592
5
votes
3 answers

Good PC car driving simulator?

I´m looking for a PC car driving simulator, not a game, but a software focused in good driving practices. Not browser based, I prefer a standalone application. (If there is a real simulation game, I could use it, but if it is just fun, it´s not what…
Edgar
  • 720
  • 4
  • 10
  • 20
4
votes
4 answers

Is there a Linux-compatible R/C simulator that works with real radios?

My Dad flies radio-controlled (R/C) aircraft. He used to run a simulator called "RealFlight" which allowed him to connect his actual radio to his computer and fly simulated craft. He learned enough to fly actual planes, but he wants to move up…
Norman Ramsey
  • 2,843
  • 8
  • 31
  • 41
4
votes
7 answers

What is a good program for mixed mode circuit simulation?

I'm looking for a program that will perform schematic capture and mixed-mode (analog and digital) circuit simulation. If it also did PCB layout and routing, that would be a bonus, but not necessary. I currently use an old version of…
user4491
4
votes
5 answers

Running Market Android apps on the simulator

(Related to, but not the same as this). I used to be an Android user but switched to an iPhone. There are a few apps that I would like to continue to use, but the idea of carrying around a second phone with me, or even having to charge one, isn't…
wjl
  • 315
  • 4
  • 14
4
votes
1 answer

How to simulate a WAN network

I have been trying to find information on this and perhaps I don't know what I am looking for. Everything I find is about simulating poor performance to test an application; that is not what I am after. I have built a lab to practice and teach IT…
JohnD
  • 43
  • 4
4
votes
2 answers

Create video demo of ipad application

How would I go about creating a demo video of an ipad application (in the ipad simulator)? The video should preferably use a circle as the cursor and also support moving between portrait/landscape modes.
user33914
3
votes
1 answer

How to estimate download/enumeration times in large USB trees?

I'm doing a system design in which many flash-memory devices are connected into a USB tree of hubs, and I need to estimate how long it will take for them all to do a download ... which is complicated by my lack of in-depth understanding of USB! I'm…
Wayne
  • 131
  • 2
3
votes
3 answers

Tool for simple discrete event simulations

I want to build a simple discrete event simulation similar to the emergency room simulation shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6kCMBM-sZs I have a few different types of people (carpenters, painters, and plumbers). Each one has to go…
user1413
  • 4,354
  • 16
  • 49
  • 58
2
votes
3 answers

Is there any way to convert 16bit DOS app to 32bit?

Is there any way to convert a 16bit DOS app to a 32bit app so that I'm not constrained by the 16383 limit? Or maybe there is a way of running a 16bit app as a 32bit app without converting it? I don't have the source code to the program so can't…
Daniel Wardin
  • 145
  • 1
  • 7
2
votes
1 answer

iptables simulator

Looking for software under any OS in order to simulate IP table rules, then deploy to real system.
Pablo
  • 4,683
  • 19
  • 63
  • 101
2
votes
0 answers

Is there any ucSim GUI frontend?

Is there any ucSim GUI frontend? Cygwin or Ubuntu either is ok. Or if there is any free source MCS-51 simulator/debugger?
Lenik
  • 17,942
  • 25
  • 87
  • 119
1
2 3 4