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From: philip@dalcsug.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: C64 Emulator (was Re:1020 Drive)
Message-ID: <36@dalcsug.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 13:41:03 EST
Article-I.D.: dalcsug.36
Posted: Thu Mar 26 13:41:03 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 01:12:05 EST
References: <3269@udenva.UUCP> <1575@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Reply-To: philip@dalcsug.UUCP (Peter Philip)
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
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In article <1575@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>In article <3269@udenva.UUCP> pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) writes:
>>Second, when will a C64 emulator for the Amiga be availble ?
>
>As far as I know, Commodore has made no commitment to such a product.  In *my*
>opinion, it is not possible to do an effective software emulation and a hybrid
>hardware/software implementation might cost more than a C64!. 

I have been toying with the idea of a C64 emulator, I already have a 6502
emulator working on the amiga (well, almost anyway) but the best possible
performance I have been able to estimate is about 50% of a 1 MHZ 6502.  
And this is without any C64 particular emulation,  I agree with George
that a totally software driven emulator is impossible, and I don't have
the hardware smarts to build a hybrid emulator.  However, if anyone has
any suggestions on how such a beast would operate, I would be glad to hear
them!

BTW, I tip my hat to simile research (makers of transformer) it is truly
an impressive piece of software, It is still not fast enough, but it is
still pretty fast considering what it does.

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