A Pacman game written for your computer but using Program imitating the Pacman arcade hardware and running real Pacman ROM Simulation is an attempt to imitate functions of a device. What is 'emulation' and how does it differ from 'simulation'?Įmulation is an attempt to imitate the internal design of a device. The perfomance of such emulation may be very low though. It is necessary to note that you can emulate any computer system,Įven if it is very complex (such as Commodore Amiga computer, forĮxample). Only devices running more or less flexible program are interesting Cyclic tasks: what are they? Programming Techniquesīasically, anything which has a microprocessor inside.How do I handle accesses to emulated memory?.Where do I get information on the emulated hardware? Implementation.Which programming language should I use?.What is 'interpreting' emulator and how does it differ from 'recompiling' emulator?.Is it legal to emulate the proprietary hardware?.What is 'emulation' and how does it differ from 'simulation'?.'blueprints' for emulator internals which you can follow in some degree. Questions people ask about writing emulators. So, you decided to write a software emulator? Very well, then thisĭocument may be of help to you. Of the HOWTO has been made by Daniel Campoverde. Same goes for anyįrequently asked questions that are not in this document.Īvailable, courtesy of Shun-Yuan Chou, andīy Guillaume Tuloup may or may not be available at the moment. You know any worth putting there, tell me about them. Important FTP/WWW addresses in the resources list in this document so if I do not answer toįlames, idiocy, and requests for ROM images though.

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'compiling' ones, because I do not have much experience with recompilation Theĭocument mainly covers so-called 'interpreting' emulators, as opposed to Text are mine alone and should not be taken for an absolute truth. Any opinions and advices contained in the following Who would like to write an emulator of one or another computer but do not I wrote this document after receiving large amounts of email from people How To Write a Computer Emulator by Marat Fayzullin

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