[Simh] Hardware Requirements

[Dave]

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> Sent: 07 December 2010 06:25
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Hardware Requirements
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> 
> 2010-12-07 05:02, Zane H. Healy skrev:
> > At 7:55 PM -0700 12/6/10, Bruce Claremont wrote:
> >> For a PDP-11 emulation, something as simple as an Atom processor
> >> would do the job.  I would recommend a dual-core processor 
> simply to 
> >> provide better overall performance.
> >>
> >> Bruce C.
> >
> > Considering you need about 200Mhz for PDP-10 emulation, I think any
> > Atom processor would be more than fast enough.  I've been 
> looking into 
> > putting together an Atom-based system for this, and I am 
> planning on a 
> > Dual-Core.
> >
> > I used to have a dedicated box for PDP-10 emulation, it was built
> > using a Celeron 500Mhz CPU.
> 
> An Atom is certainly an option, they are definitely in the 
> price range 
> I'm considering.
> 
> Has anyone have any experience of running on an ARM cpu? I'm asking 
> since I'll need some I/O pins to connect with the real console I have 
> and there are some nice ARM based development boards out 
> there with lots 
> of I/O.


Not tried an ARM but these are fun on a normal PC

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=42857

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