Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Z80 emulation updated again!

[Alexander Graf]

On 21.12.2010, at 01:06, Andreas Färber wrote:

> Am 20.12.2010 um 23:45 schrieb Alexander Graf:
> 
>> On 31.05.2009, at 17:20, Stuart Brady wrote:
>> 
>>> Here's an update of the Z80 system emulator, which currently emulates
>>> the ZX Spectrum only. [...]
>> 
>> [...] do you think it's a valuable target to have in upstream qemu?
> 
> The z80 was also used in the more modern TI-83 Plus programmable calculator 
> [1], for instance (chosen for school use in Baden-Württemberg in the early 
> 2000s). There was an assembler toolchain integrated with Zilog Studio on 
> Windows iirc.
> Apparently there's also an open source C compiler toolchain at [2] for these 
> and other targets.
> No Linux that I'm aware of. ;)

Heh ;). You make it sound as if qemu was a Linux emulator. The general I/O 
framework is heavily geared towards server and desktop use. The main use case 
of the Z80 that I'm aware of is the GameBoy. Not sure that one fits in there 
too well :).

The Spectrum however does fit the desktop case, so it certainly has my 
blessings.


Alex