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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?




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