DM32

[Steve Simpkin]

(05-09-2022 04:21 PM)Thomas Okken Wrote:  

(05-09-2022 12:10 PM)Marco Polo Wrote:  no need to emulate Saturn

The whole Saturn emulation thing sounds like a red herring... I guess it never made much sense because you wouldn't be able to run anything on it, not legally anyway, and if you're writing original code, you want to do it in C or C++, not in Saturn assembly language...

Thomas, agreed.
I asked the following question on the comment section of SwissMicros YouTube video preview of the DM32. Michael’s answer follows it.

“I wonder if they are using Saturn CPU emulation with the original HP-32SII code or a complete rewrite to simulate it (like Free42 and the DM42)?
One issue with emulation is that the original HP-32SII code is copyrighted.”

Michael Steinmann
1 day ago
“Having an armada of HP lawyers hunting us down was the second-best option.”