Date   : Thu, 02 Feb 1984 04:34:28-PST
From   : Jon L. Spear <OTHB@SRI-KL.ARPA>
Subject: Z-80, CP/M Emulator for Macintosh?

       I am not sure what possessed me to do it, but I just
bought an Apple Macintosh.  Nifty machine, but a dirth of
software -- no programming language available yet (to users).

       Has anyone done Z80 or 8080 emulators for the 68000
so that they could run the thousands of CP/M programs in the
world?  I am not too concerned with the obvious media problems.
The question is whether it is feasible to write an emulator
that would fit in the 128K RAM, allow a reasonable size TPA,
and run CP/M programs at a speed close to that of a 2MHZ Z-80.
(emulated on the 8MHZ 68000).

       With a Z-80 costing only a few bucks, a hardware solution
might be much more reasonable.

Comments?

--Jon