Re: Super GS

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:06:46 GMT, "The Meikles"
<action1@telusplanet.net> wrote:

>I think there is valididy in both approaches, but I like Jeffs approach of
>creating a virtual 65c832. You could make the new chip set downwards
>compatible with the gs and II's.

Exactly.  If it can't run my old software, it isn't an Apple II and if
properly done, a really fast modern processor can act like a 65816
faster than the real 65816s that are currently available and gives the
option of making a 32 or even 64 bit IIgs.

>heck there were enough 8 bit computers
>based on the 65xx if you through support in for them as well you would
>create a huge users base without even trying.
[snip]

This is another thing I was thinking about.  What about having
multiple processor modules and each one can act like a different
machine and share the rest of the hardware?

Unfortunately, however cool it would be to simply drop in an Apple
IIgs module and a C64 module in and be able to use software from both
machines at the same time, the design would be incredibly complex and
complicated and delay any possible designs being created.

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