Re: GS/OS for xgs emulator?

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <3324c593.6499890@167.152.149.11>,
LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) wrote:

> On 10 Mar 1997 23:09:57 GMT, be404@yfn.ysu.edu (Adalbert Goertz)
> wrote:
> 
> owsw@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >>What I'm really waiting and hoping for now is a Mac SE emulator for the
> >>IIGS.  : )
> 
> >Adalbert Goertz responds >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >Is that feasable?
> 
> It definately seems POSSIBLE...How fast is a Mac SE comapred to a
> IIgs?  Would all of those RAMFast, SecondSight, 15MHz IIgs guys
> actually have the oomph in their CPUs necessary for decent speeds?

Sure it's possible, but it would be slower than dog-slow, even on
the fastest IIgs in existence. A Mac SE runs at 8Mhz. I'd be shocked
if a 15Mhz IIgs could emulate a 68000 at more than 2Mhz.

On top of that, the IIgs SHR screen is only 200 lines tall, while
even the dinky Mac SE screen is 384 lines tall. So in short, an
emulator, even on a very fast IIgs, would give you an emulated Mac
SE with half a screen running 1/4 the speed (tops) of the the original
Mac: BLEAH!

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