Date   : Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:18:52 +0000 (GMT)
From   : "N. Pollard" <pollard@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Master 128 Emulators???

On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Robert Schmidt wrote:

> michael inch wrote:
> > 
> > Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a BBC Master emulator???
> > 
> > failing that, does anyone know how can I get master ROMS to work
with a Model
> > B emulator???
> 
> No, none exist, and I think I can safely say that there's nothing you 
> can do with existing emulators to make them behave as a Master (then 
> the community would have known by now).
> 
> Does anyone (authors?) have any idea of how difficult a Master is to 
> emulate?  What's more difficult than a model B?
> 

I originally considered it, but shadow RAM presents a problem. If I
remember rightly, I couldn't think of a decently fast method of switching
it. There were also some other problems that I can't recall off hand :(

Neil

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