Re: 65C02 emulation

[Charlie Springer <RAM@regnirps.com>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:07:59 -0800, Eric wrote
(in article <1165244879.224054.11450@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>):

>> I took a time-out to fix up my development stuff. I'm switching to an ARM
>> tool chain with Eclipse, which will make the whole works platform 
>> independent
>> and easy to share once I get something worth sharing.
> 
> Cool! Which Arm family are you targetting: Arm7, Arm9, etc?
> 
> I've played with Arm7's from Philips (lpc2103, lpc2148), and I'm
> currently playing with the Luminary Stellaris (Cortex M3 core - modern
> Thumb-2).
> 
> The Arm9's and up get pretty complex, and you generally need an RTOS.
> This is why I stick with the little guys.

I like the little ARM7's that are all over the place. One with enough FLASH 
and RAM for the whole works and all its peripherals and power supply will fit 
on a board that will plug into a 24/28/40 pin DIP socket -- as I'm sure you 
have seen. I could do without the Thumb stuff which I don't like. I say save 
the silicon for something useful. Aside from running slower, it drops the 
conditional execution bit on all instructions found in the ARM set. However, 
once it is all running, a StrongARM at 500 Mhz or so will be irresistable.

-- Charlie Springer