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Re: Emulators

In <4qampj$i6o@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> z008729b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us writes:

> All this talk of apple emulators for other computers, has anyone tried to 
> make a software based PC emulator for the GS?  Is it even possible?

No, it's impossible.

The GS is running at 14Mhz if you're very optimistic, and PC systems are
clocked at a multiple of that. of course, early PCs only had 4 or 8 Mhz, but
you'd only be able to run really old software.

BTW, the 86x CPUs and memory structure are pretty complex - quite an overkill
for a 3-register 65816.

I don't think you'd be able to run MS-DOS software at significantly more than 1
Mhz.

Take a look at AE's PC card. It's even difficult to emulate a PC in hardware.
:-)))

cu,
henrik

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