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From: JYA on 6 May 2008 00:39
Hi

On 2008-05-02 09:05:29 +1000, Claudio Lapilli <pleasedontspam(a)isp.com> said:

> Hello,
> I see that Emu48 has been ported to many platforms. I was wondering
> how much ram does it need to run, the idea is to perhaps port a
> special version that could be stored in Flash memory on a 50G calc
> (perhaps replacing the current emulator completely). Then the
> calculator would be able to run not only as a standard 50G, but as a
> true 48 or any of the other models that Emu48 support. This would open
> the door to use old software that is only compatible with the 48
> series and is otherwise "dead".

One issue with Emu48 is that it wouldn't run any of the ARM code. The
new opcode implementation is also not complete. I didn't finish the
code there. Only wrote it so it would work the basic features.

Getting the Apple emulator which already emulates the Saturn code in
the HP50 would be more suitable. Who knows, HP may be willing to give
this stuff away.


--
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security (Benjamin Franklin)

From: Claudio Lapilli on 6 May 2008 12:02
On May 6, 12:39 am, JYA <nos...(a)nospam.blah> wrote:

> One issue with Emu48 is that it wouldn't run any of the ARM code. The
> new opcode implementation is also not complete. I didn't finish the
> code there. Only wrote it so it would work the basic features.

Well, that's just one more thing to add to the "porting effort".

>
> Getting the Apple emulator which already emulates the Saturn code in
> the HP50 would be more suitable. Who knows, HP may be willing to give
> this stuff away.

I really doubt that HP will release anything.

Claudio
From: Andreas Möller on 6 May 2008 12:31
Hello Claudio,

> I really doubt that HP will release anything.

I doubt that there is anybody listening at HP ;-)

> Anyway, it appears that such a project would have
> more resistance than favor.
Well, to evaluate this poll statistically there were not many
votes ;-)

Personally I would believe that it would be an advantage for the 50G
to run as many software as possible.

Given the possibility to run HP 48 GX applications directly on a 50G
would broaden the available software and allow to use software that
will not be ported to the 50G either because the source is not
available anymore or because there is not interest from the devolper.

So IMHO it would be a very good thing.

Just my 2 cents.

Best wishes,
Andreas



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