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

[Andreas Färber]

Am 21.12.2010 um 01:10 schrieb 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
>
> 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.

Knowing the ZX Spectrum only from the attic, I agree that emulating  
game consoles is not the primary purpose or strength of QEMU.
(Although I wouldn't mind if someone wanted to contribute a PS3  
machine for Cell B.E. emulation!)

Fwiw mips, arm, m68k, cris, microblaze seem to form a growing third  
category of QEMU targets though, embedded systems.

Andreas