[net.micro.68k] Porting software to the 68000

she (02/01/83)

I am thinking of building a 68k-based system and would like to be able to
port some of the existing CP/M and MS-DOS software that I am currently
running and happy with on my H89 and (a friend's) IBM PC.

Does anyone know of any tools or emulators that will allow me to run my
programs on a 68k machine?  Is there anything in the works if nothing is
currently available?

Given the speed and power of the 68k, what size performance degradation
should I expect on the 68k running CP/M or MS-DOS software in emulation
mode.

Thanks in advance for any and all comments and assistance.

---Steve Ellis
---hogpc!she
---(American Bell, Lincroft)

guzis (02/03/83)

I saw a demo of a product called MIMIX by TouchStone  Software Corporation,
909 Electric Ave., Suite 308, Seal Beach, CA 90740, (213) 594 9266, at CP/M
'83 in San Francisco.  A very comprehensive product offering either use of
an emulator to run a Z80 programtheir Z80 processor cards in a UN*X machine.  What I saw at the show was
running on a Zilog Z8002 system.  This package offers file transfer from/to
UN*X format and even communication to a remote Z-80 based machine/

They claimed to run on Z8000, 68000 and 16032 systems.