Re: Future of ELKS

Dan Olson
2004-05-21T05:51:33Z

> 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.

It'll run CP/M-86 nativly, and if you have a V20 or V30 you can even run
8080 code nativly!

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.

I have a Commodore VIC-20 emulator that runs on the 80286!

Dan