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From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Emulating other computers on 88K's
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.095041.9295@canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 3 Oct 90 05:05:05 GMT
Organization: University of Canterbury
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A quick question:
What is available in the way of emulator programs for 88K machines, to mimic a
PC/AT, or any other computer? (e.g. NOVA II :-)

Also, is the 88K CPU intrinsically better or worse than other competing RISC
systems for the job of emulating other processors (e.g. I have heard that
emulating a PC on a Sparcstation gobbles most of the resources and gives you
only a mediocre PC; obviously emulators are slow, but would a comparably priced
88K system be better - due to more appropriate instruction set or whatever)?
Hopefully, some people who actually use systems will be able to reply. The
background is that I wonder whether it is practical to move over users of
several machines, with their software, without grumbles about the old system
being better. Thanks.

Mark Aitchison, Physics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.