Re: [Qemu-devel] Porting/running to GP32

[Mark Watson <MarkWatson@bcs.org.uk>]

On Friday 07 May 2004 18:53, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 01:07, Mark Watson wrote:
> > I've recently discovered QEMU when looking for ways to run Civilization
> > (DOS version) on my GP32! For those who do not know the GP32, it is an
> > ARM9 based handheld gaming device that runs at 150MHz max on 16-bit bus.
> > It has 8MB RAM only. In terms of libraries it has newlib and the GP32 SDK
> > only. I'd be pleased if it could emulate a 2MB 386 PC running at 16MHz
> > ish -> using the System emulation. Do you think that will be possible?
>
> Dunno, but if you're trying to run DOS applications, a better choice
> than qemu may be dosbox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net).  Dosbox may not
> be as fast as qemu, however, so that may not work for you.  But dosbox
> does implement a very good DOS pc environment that needs to other
> operating system or video drivers.  It provides standard vga (256-color)
> and sound blaster support for DOS apps.

Thanks for the pointer to dosbox, I had not seen that before. It certainly 
looks very comprehensive (in terms of various hardware support etc). However 
I think the performance will not be good enough for the GP32. I think I'll 
give qemu a go first... Wish me luck.

Thanks,

Mark