on 4/29/09 2:04 AM, Petr Stehlik wrote:
I understand that uninformed people feel like ColdFire is almost m68k
compatible so they think it will be easy to run their existing Atari
binaries on it. Unfortunately the problem is in the word
"almost" (compatible) and that's why I prefer having real m68k emulation
(say as is in the ARAnyM) running on some fast CPU (no matter which one)
than focusing on the relatively slow ColdFire that will need the same
m68k emulation (if you really want to run the old binaries).
I tend to agree with the comment about uninformed people. Done some looking
into just how much stuff will and won't work at the CPU level. It does not
seem like a good plan to buy this type of machine to run old/existing stuff.
I suppose the upside is if you get some tools that build CF native apps (for
lack of a better term), then the fun factor kicks in.