Yes the primary thing is the emips which on my Core i7 Q740 1.73Ghz laptop is slow.. And oddly it being from microsoft it is a windows type thing, although they do include source, I haven't tried to build it..
If anyone wants to bypass the 1+ hour install, I did a basic install here.. http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/NetBSD/NetBSD-4.0.1/emips3.img.7z It seems someone at microsoft saw simh, and decided to re-invent the wheel as it were.. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Chris Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/20/11 00:11, Jason Stevens wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone has seen this or played with it? >> >> >> http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/02e2edbf-c76c-47d5-b9c0-2c9915c63e98/default.aspx >> > > Indeed - but in a whole other context - as I understand it's the primary > emulator for: > > http://netbsd.org/ports/emips/ > > "NetBSD/emips runs on the Extensible MIPS architecture developed at > Microsoft Research. The architecture has the capability of dynamically > loading and scheduling accelerated CPU extension instructions to match the > workload." > > though I did not try to run the emulator as it seemed to require > windows which I didn't have available at the time. > >> It does incorporate some SIMH components, namely the MicroVAX II >> stuff... I found it on some stray >> google query about VAX's at Microsoft back in the 1990's. > > indeed it does claim to emulate a vax - which is far more 'trailing-edge' > than the above :D > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
