[Coco] Another drive question

[Nathan Woods]

Theodore (Alex) Evans wrote:

> When you think about this take into consideration that this 1.78 MHz 
> CPU has a performance level between that of a 8 MHz 8086 and a 12 MHz 
> 80286.  Add to that that you are not merely emulating the CPU, but the 
> rest of the system.  Remember that clock speed is a very very poor 
> indicator of processing power.  In any case a 50 MHz 80486 is probably 
> marginal for Emulating a CoCo on a PC unless your emulator is using 
> JIT methods.

For systems like the CoCo, the CPU is the easy part.  MESS typically 
spends <20% of its time emulating the CPU when emulating a CoCo, often 
even less.