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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 827339c..831a9a0 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -13,7 +13,21 @@ This project has a long and barren history, beginning with my first contemplation of an emulator similar in interface to Macsbug -- in September 2002. That foray fizzled after a long email thread with Michael Vincent. The current iteration was sparked by a comment on -IRC by Brandon Wilson, on June 6 2010. +IRC by Brandon Wilson, on June 6 2010: + + <BrandonW> chronomex, you should create a z80 emulator for the 68k calculators. + <chronomex> that sounds like a capital idea + <chronomex> I started and abandoned such a project in *2002* + <chronomex> http://students.washington.edu/f/projects/ti/ti83pemu.shtml + <BrandonW> I think we desperately need it. + <chronomex> yeah? + <chronomex> why is MulTI inadequate? + <BrandonW> My understanding is that it just runs select programs. + <BrandonW> Right? + <chronomex> I have not looked into it at all + <chronomex> well other than finding the webpage + <BrandonW> We need to be able to run the TI-OS. + The most difficult challenge in writing a 68k-hosted emulator targetting the z80 is making it _fast_. TI-83+ calculators have a @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ ## TODO list: * Work a [testbench](http://math.tkk.fi/~mnummeli/tite/spectrum/z80util/#testbench) into the emulator. This would involve writing a Java harness to talk to the calculator. + +* Alternately, adapt the testbench program from YAZE to the TI-83+. |