From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrey Romanenko Subject: Re: Future of ELKS Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 19:06:43 +0300 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40ACD793.9030808@infopulse.com.ua> References: <1084985870.3062.23.camel@talena.hsol.net> <40AC99A5.9030809@agora-2000.com> <1085066127.3062.35.camel@talena.hsol.net> <20040520153744.GL24490@duckman.distro.conectiva> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040520153744.GL24490@duckman.distro.conectiva> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Cc: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org hi there, >Hey, someone know if a 8086 is fast enough run emulators for those old >8-bit game consoles? 8) > > > it depends on what performance you expect from it. I would say it capable of running CP/M and all software of those days. But if you meant hardware emulation lets say ZX_SPECTRUM_48 - my answer is NO! absolutely impossible 10 times slower than required. You need at least 386dx33. Andrey