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Re: 6502 illegal opcodes questions



In article <Ms2dnbdHwN56NeXZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> It seems appropriate to point out that, given Turing equivalence of
> all computers (with enough storage and time), "portability" is always
> assured in principle, though it may require widely varying degrees of
> effort.
> 
> Practically, "portable" means "easily ported" and "non-portable" means
> "difficult to port".

In particular, "portable" doesn't require zero effort.  A program can
be portable even though it requires recompilation on the new platform,
and perhans also a few configuration settings.
 
> -michael
> 
> Parallel computing for 8-bit Apple II's!
> Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

Parallell Apple II's - interesting - but don't you thin one would
get more performance from a modern computer than from a few Apple II's
working in parallell?  :-)

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