Subject: Re: Creeping Feature of the week...
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 01/30/1996 23:53:33
On Sun, 28 Jan 1996 21:03:12 -0600
Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com> wrote:
> How stupidly expensive would CPU emulation be, anyway? I know I've seen
> software 8088's on 68000 boxes before, slow though they may be.
>
> I wouldn't figure it'd be a *great* win, but it might be nice occasionally.
> Consider; a VAX 11/750 user could run the Sun-sparc Netscape! :)
I've seen a NetBSD system run TOPS-20 in a PDP-10 emulator. It would be
cool to put that kind of emulator in the kernel...
*ahem* You know who you are! :-)
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