Re: Future of ELKS

Dan Olson
2004-05-21T05:55:58Z

> > Hey, someone know if a 8086 is fast enough run emulators for those old
> > 8-bit game consoles? 8)
>
> Nah. A 4.77MHz 8086 does not get a lot of work done. Say you want to
> emulate a 2MHz 6502, such as the BBC Micro... this means you have about
> two and a half cycles to emulate each 6502 cycle. Just not possible.

Who said it had to be 4.77MHz? I've seen at least 10MHz 8088s, and 286s
up to 20MHz I think, and of course both are 16 bit vs. 8. Not to imply
that it's a good idea, just that it can be done if you clock the CPU fast
enough :)

Dan