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

["Dunny" <paul.dunn4@ntlworld.com>]

James Alexander <james-m-alexander@home.com> wrote in message
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> Bob,
>
> I've made the rounds of nearly all the emulators.  No fallacious arguments
to
> say software emulation is easy or stable can hold up to scrutiny.  take a
> close look at what you need to emulate a stock 8mhz ST on any PC, it isnt
the
> least bit realistic on anything less than a Pemtium2-200 and certainly
isn't
> stable.  Risc processors have a better time with emulation but don't even
try
> to waste more of my time saying any intel processor can do a good job of
it.
> It simply isn't bact up by any fact, and likely never will be.

Crap. It emulates a spectrum just nicely.

D.