Dragon, lack of performance

[Damion]

Piru wrote:

elbox claims that most of the unmodified 68k software runs at speed between 040 and 060 (because of the emulation)

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Wasn't the claim that it would run existing software several times faster than 68060 50Mhz? If the thing requires custom coldfire software, what is the point?

Well Piru you were 100% correct about performance issues with Coldfire, not surprising considering your background and experience. It's disappointing that Coldfire isn't more compatibile.

I'll keep my opinions about Elbox to myself, BUT I have to say it is cool to see some new hardware, even if it's not something I'd be interested in personally. (I know it'll never happen, but I still think an '060 based A1200 "trapdoor" card with simple onboard gfx/DDR slot would be the shiznit...)

[Hyperspeed]

by -D-:
I know it'll never happen, but I still think an '060 based A1200 "trapdoor" card with simple onboard gfx/DDR slot would be the shiznit...

If it was merely a cheap '030 with an S3 chip on it, that would be fantastic.

Flicker-fixed graphics like the Picasso-IV for the masses!

[Karlos]

Should it transpire that the dragon's performance is down to some sort of trap/emulate overhead (which carries the additional implication that you can trap everything you need to emulate), is it not feasable that an OxyPatcher style utility could go a long way to bringing the performance up?