In message <[email protected]>, Stephen Usher
<[email protected]> writes
Rich Mellor wrote:
I would also like a java based Sinclair QL emulator and perhaps that
would be a project which Quanta could help fund the development of -
it would attract a much wider audience and enable demos of programs to
be played online to show what the QL is capable of.
There are already Java based emulators for the Amiga - perhaps
someone could use this core, or even see if they can get the QL
emulator to run on the Java based Amiga emulator.
I think the idea of using a platform independent system to run an
emulator to be a good idea, though it does add another layer of
indirection and a performance penalty. After all, it's a virtual
processor/machine running within another virtual processor/machine.
For those who like hardware, maybe building upon the work done in the
Linux world would be an interesting way forward, e.g. writing a
bare-metal M68K virtual machine on top of an ARM (I know, it's an Acorn
derivative ;-)) machine which is already available.
I found the following web article interesting with regards to keeping
Acorn RISCOS alive. Maybe the same hardware could help keep the QDOS
and derivative OSs alive?:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/25/riscos_beagleboard/
Hi Steve,
Nice link ... :-)
Chris Curry and Clive Sinclair originally worked together, and then
split with the Acorn/Sinclair rivalry ( friendly though ).
Coming back to together with a common hardware platform - the ARM chips
- would be interesting.
RISCOS Open is a nice idea, too, to take forward the development.
Interesting to hear that is now happening.
I still use my Archimedes ... :-)
Would that work for an QDOS/SMSQ/E "Open" ... ?
Anyway, something needs to get done.
--
Malcolm Cadman
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