How to Update 41-CL

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(09-24-2017 09:25 AM)brickviking Wrote:  Just slightly off-topic, is there actually a 41CL emulator? I'm not sure if I've ever seen one—not that my experience is particularly wide-ranging. I would have loved to have a tinker with some of the functions made available in the machine.

There is no 41CL emulator, however that's not really an issue as the 41CL is effectively 'only' a 41CX which is much faster and can use any 41 ROM. Speed and ROM installation would need to be different in an emulator anyhow, so there is no reason to justify making such an emulator. Almost all 41CL-unique functions are related to managing things like ROM/memory configuration, speed, serial port, etc. (41CL configuration management controls) so aren't of much general use for user programs.

There are many 41 emulators on virtually all platforms, and most of these can perform about the same features as a 41CL (i.e. faster, use all ROMs, etc.), however I recommend you get/make a 41CL - any real '41 fan prefer the real thing over an emulator.