Date   : Fri, 13 Jul 2001 00:55:08 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Psions, was: BEEB Stuff

Message-ID: <3B496F24@...>
 
Tom Seddon <T.W.Seddon@...> wrote:
> I don't think a BBC emulator for the Psion 3A would be feasible. For a
> start, the processor is rather slow -- an 8MHz NEC V20/V30 (80x86
> clone), which is really not fast enough for emulation with graphics at
> even a passable speed. A V30 doesn't even run MS-DOS at a decent speed
 
While a BBC emulator might be difficult, an implementation of BBC Basic
could be fairly straightforward and very useful.
 
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