Ian,

best wishes for getting well soon also from me.

If re-implementing SMSQ/E on ARM one would probably try to use the least 
possible ARM assembler portion possible - Maybe a re-write should rather use 
the QDOS /concepts/ instead of trying to 100% copy it. (ARM assembler isn’t 
even half as much fun as 68k assembler…).

I could imagine a re-implementation in C with small assembler routines where 
inevitable. It should, however, include a 68k emulator to be able to execute 
native programs if desired. (Concept similar to ppc Macs). Stuff like that 
isn’t, however, a week-end job….


Tobias


Am 23.03.2014 um 12:29 schrieb Norman Dunbar <[email protected]>:

> Ian,
> 
> First of all, get well soon.
> 
> Rewriting SMS for the Raspberry Pi would be a whole new enterprise. You can 
> easily (!) replace the kernel but all of SMS would need to be rewritten in 
> ARM assembly.
> 
> That doesn't mean it cannot be done of course, there's a pretty good "How To" 
> do bare metal assembly on a Pi online. There is a link from the forums 
> somewhere. (Sorry, I'm typing this on my phone while sitting outside the 
> changing rooms of yet another clothes shop, waiting for my wife! )
> 
> I wonder if there is an MP 8080 to ARM converter!
> 
> Take care.
> 
> Cheers,
> Norm.
> 
> 
> Sent from my phone - please excuse brevity and any obvious "auto corrections" 
> that were just plain wrong!
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