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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: Andy Cadley <ac@sys.uea.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:18:38 +0100
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On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, James Alexander wrote:
> Hey Dunny
>
> Don't waste our time. You have not proof. I've been programming and working
> in electronics for years not only as a hobby but also in my career. I am quite
> familiar with the intel, 6502 and other processors. You simply cannot
> effieciently emulate one cisc process on another. Its physically impossible.
Utter nonsense.
The architecture of the Z80 (used in the Spectrum Dunny referred to) and
x86 have a common ancestor (the 8080) which means you can produce some
very effecient emulation because many things, like flags etc, are very
similar.
AndyC
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- From: Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>
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- From: wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)
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- From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
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- From: wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)
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- From: "Branko Badrljica" <brankob@avtomatika.com>
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- From: Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: "Branko Badrljica" <brankob@avtomatika.com>
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- From: James Alexander <james-m-alexander@home.com>
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- From: "Dunny" <paul.dunn4@ntlworld.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: James Alexander <james-m-alexander@home.com>