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Lonny Pursell wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
The real upside is that all of our current assembler talent is not lost 
as it might be moving to something like PPC.  Right?  I was never 
deluding myself into thinking I could run the old binaries easily 
(perhaps under emulation).  But even under emulation Didier got 
performance almost matching 68060.  That's not too shabby.  Aranym has a 
purpose but something about real hardware just makes me very happy.

Thanks,
Mark