[Coco] (very very slightly OT) 6800 emulator

[Joel Ewy]

Manney wrote:
> tim lindner wrote:
>> David Roper <dave at ebonhost.com> wrote:
>>
>>> b) implement it in 6809 assembly to (very slowly) emulate a 6800
>>>
>>> No, I don't know why either
>>
>> Interesting. Did you know the first 6809 emulator was written as a 6800
>> program? It was made during the design of the 6809 at Motorola.
>
> Isn't that a bit backwards? :) But this question is coming from
> someone who isn't quite as in depth about 680x processors as he'd like
> to be. :)
>
It isn't backwards so much as forward, or ahead of its time.  :) How
better to test a microprocessor that doesn't exist yet but to emulate it
on one that does?

JCE
> -M.
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