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From: psteffn@pogo.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paul Steffen)
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Subject: Re: A question to gameboy/lynx emulators !
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Date: 30 Apr 91 16:28:26 GMT
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The Nintendo emulator exists but apparently was taken off ab20 because
it never should have been released.  It also requires a 68010 or
higher.
 
Obviously, no Lynx emulator exists or will ever exist on the Amiga.
The coprocessor graphics hardware on the Lynx is more powerful than
the Amiga's blitter so it would be as likely as seeing an Amiga 
emulator on a PC.  Perhaps, unless there was some hardware involved.
 
The Lynx developer system is running on the Amiga because the original
designers also had a hand on designing the Amiga and it was only obvious
that they would design the development system on one.  It's ironic that
Atari stole the Lynx from Commodore just like Commodore stole the Amiga
from Atari.  hahaha
Don't think, however, that the Amiga is the only system capable of
development for the Lynx.  Atari is apparently porting the system to
PC.  There's nothing impressive about the Amiga being used because it just
runs the programmers utilities [i.e. paint programs, cross-assemblers,
perhaps a 6502 simulator, sound editors, etc] and all the
actual testing is done on a REAL lynx unit that is somehow interfaced.
I'd LOVE to find out if Atari is going to put out a cheap developers
system [perhaps some kind of simple keypad and a cassette interface]
so it could be considered a true computer.  I know that the math coprocessor
is capable of doing 32-bit multiplication at 79% the speed of the 
68000.