Unless you are still using the good old pre 2x00 series machines, in
which they have a pissant 25Mhz ARM. The other problem with emulating
the Newton is that the Newton has many ASICs and coprocessors that would
be difficult or impossible to emulate without Apple's assistance by
providing some IP.
On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 02:10 PM, hjohnson_at_sfu.ca wrote:
>
> Hehe.
>
> The only problem is that the Newton totally romps a Palm as far as
> processor power goes. The Newton has a 162 Mhz CPU in it.. the palm a
> pissant little 33 Mhz chip. If anything, you'd see a Palm/PocketPC
> emulator on the Newton, not visa versa. It's just not doable, as the
> Newton is way too far ahead, even now.
>
> Besides, as the old saying goes, a Palm is the right size when you're
> not using it, but a Newton is the right size when you *ARE*.
>
> Peace,
>
> Hans
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:31:02PM -0400, stevetaylor_at_cantv.net wrote:
>> Is there a newton emulator for the palm or pocket PC, because I've
>> heard such good things about newtons and there software but there just
>> to big so wouldn't it be great if you could run newton software on
>> modern day hardware. I don't really like palm and pocket PC's aren't
>> mac compatible but I'd buy a palm if i could run newton OS on it.
>>
>> Just a thought
>>
>>
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