Re: This is probably a stupid question, but...


27 Jun 1995 08:03:55 -0700

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Andrew C. Plotkin (erkyrath+@CMU.EDU) wrote:
: Has anyone ever *built* a Z-machine? An honest-to-god, not-an-emulator,
: hardware Z-machine in a box, with a custom CPU that thinks in Z-code
: opcodes?

Why? What would it do? And if it was done, doing it in hardware(etching
a chip, or gates) would be a waste. I'd do it with a Motorola C8 processor.

Hmm, ok. Just for argument's sake:

Embedded Z-Machine. No keyboard, no display, just a 9600 baud serial
link. Attached to a 3.5" floppy drive. Disks written with a raw zcode
image are inserted and the device is booted. You play over the serial
link from your PC or dumb-terminal.

: If not, I'm seriously considering offering a cash prize to the first
: person to build one. It's too silly to ever do and much to silly *not*
: to.

I could do it like I just described.

How much?

Brian

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