The 640k "barrier" (was: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 44, Issue 54)

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Mon Apr 23 11:30:56 CDT 2007


On 22 Apr 2007 at 18:21, Chris M wrote:

>  This is how I feel. Utilize virtual-8086 mode to
> alleviate alot of the dirty work. Anyone familiar
> enough with it?

Thinking about this a bit more, given the the T2000 is an 8MHz 80186, 
it'd probably be easier just to emulate the thing entirely with a 
software-based emulator instead of using V86 mode.  On a modern 
machine, the simulation would certainly still run faster than the 
original.

Cheers,
Chuck






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