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

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:04:56AM +0100, François Revol 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 
> 
> Yes, all Ti8x models except 89 (and 92 which are 68000 based) are z80 based.
> There are already several emulators to compare to.

The TI-83 was a great calculator.  At one point there was a community
and quite a few games for it :).

The issue with emulating it is that you need a proprietary ROM that
can't be redistributed.  I think the same goes for the other TI graphing
calculators.

Stefan