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Re: Has anyone ever emulated a PC with the Emplant?
« on: November 11, 2004, 05:16:12 PM »
I've long known about the 486 overdrive upgrade path, but that's still too slow for any modern use.

One thing I've considered is adding an computer-on-a-card like this one:
586 upgrade
It plugs into an ISA slot (just to anchor - does not need to be an active slot) and it's basicly a full PC motherboard in an 8-bit ISA card form factor.  It's primary use is to upgrade a hopelessly outdated PC and using the existing floppy, power supply, and monitor...

My thinking is that if you had a big-box Amiga with a scan doubler, a PS/2 mouse adapter, and a PS/2 keyboard adapter, you could encase the 586 ISA card in the Amiga, and use a K-V-M switchbox to allow sharing of the same keyboard, mouse and monitor.

There would be no "bridging", but you'd have your Amiga and a modern-ish PC in one box.

Has anybody done this?