[Coco] Re: COCO4 Emulator

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello James

Hehe... We emulated IBM 1410s and 1401s on the 360-40 in Vietnam... I wonder
if that's the reason we lost... naaw! 8-)

On 05/06/2006, James Jones wrote:
> James Hrubik wrote:
>> So what is the point of emulation?
>
> Emulators have several purposes:
>
> 1. Running software for older computers--back in the days of IBM big 
> iron, they'd provide an emulator for earlier computers on later ones 
> (and now there's the Hercules project that lets you emulate the 360 and 
> its descendants).
>
> 2. Adding debugging functionality. It's nice to be able to hit a 
> function key and be switched to a screen that shows a disassembly of
> the  code being run along with a display of the machine state, with the 
> ability to dump memory and stack contents, etc.
>
> 3. Debugging hardware that doesn't (yet) exist, so you can be (more) 
> sure of your design before committing it to hardware.
>
> If there's ever going to be a real CoCo 4, an emulator is going to be 
> invaluable for saving money and time when verifying the design.
>
>   James
>
Regards
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