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 Jan 29 2005, 06:11 PM
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Hi everyone!
I've been working in stealth mode on a software emulator for the ARM architecture. It runs on a PC (Linux only at present) and emulates the system features of the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 platform. Currently I am able to run bare machine programs, vanilla Linux kernels, and OpenZaurus SL-5500 distributions. The emulator uses some fairly sophisticated simulation techniques so performance is very good. I am close to a real-time simulation of the SL-5500 on a fairly ordinary 2.6 GHz Pentium 4. It does a pretty good job with Zaurus Pacman for example! The emulator will be a commercial product, and I'm looking for volunteers for the beta test program. If you are interested, please check out the details over at http://www.virtera.com and become a site member if you'd like to give it a try. You will need to have access to an x86 Linux machine with a supported distro, and have some familiarity with installing from RPM, building Linux kernels and installing OpenZaurus to get started. Look forward to hearing from you! Cheers, Mark. |
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Jan 30 2005, 10:47 AM
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Hey Mark!
Could you explain "commercial" ? I'm really not trying to start a flamewar, but the thing is, my gentoo system isn't supported by you, and if I get the source, there's a much better chance of getting it to run... Also, I couldn't find anything about the price, what is to be expected? Cheers Philipp |
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Jan 30 2005, 11:25 AM
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Hi Philipp,
Commercial means that this is proprietary software, developed as an original work by Virtera Inc. as part of a commercial enterprise. Although we don't support gentoo at this time, there is a good chance that one of the supported distributions will just work. The main dependency is on the dynamic libraries supported by your distro. If there is a problem then I can work with you to solve it. We haven't disclosed pricing yet, but we will set appropriate price points for home users, and for business users. Mark. |
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Aug 13 2005, 04:00 AM
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Mark,
I would be very interested in porting the emulator to the Windows/PC architecture. As this is a commercial venture, I would be willing to sign whatever non-disclosure agreements would be required. I would also be willing to demonstrate my abilities prior to any significant investment of time or effort on your behalf. If interested, please contact me. - Rick C. Hodgin |
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Aug 13 2005, 08:58 AM
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QUOTE(RickHodgin @ Aug 13 2005, 05:00 AM) Mark, I would be very interested in porting the emulator to the Windows/PC architecture. As this is a commercial venture, I would be willing to sign whatever non-disclosure agreements would be required. I would also be willing to demonstrate my abilities prior to any significant investment of time or effort on your behalf. If interested, please contact me. - Rick C. Hodgin  Hi Rick, Can you send an e-mail to me so that we can discuss this off-line? You can reach me at support (at) virtera.com. Thanks! Mark. |
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Aug 13 2005, 04:47 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 13-August 05 Member No.: 7,845 |
QUOTE(Mark @ Aug 13 2005, 11:58 AM) Hi Rick, Can you send an e-mail to me so that we can discuss this off-line? You can reach me at support (at) virtera.com. Thanks! Mark. An email has been sent to the address you specified. I look forward to hearing from you. - Rick C. Hodgin |
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Mark Arm And Zaurus Software Emulator Jan 29 2005, 06:11 PM
Mickeyl Very interesting work, I just applied for an accou... Jan 30 2005, 04:44 AM Mickeyl (double posting) Jan 30 2005, 04:44 AM
Mark Mickey - just approved your account. I was hoping ... Jan 30 2005, 09:31 AM lpotter Just curious, is there a way in your software to c... Feb 2 2005, 10:44 AM Tezeee QUOTE(lpotter @ Feb 2 2005, 10:44 AM)Just cur... Feb 2 2005, 04:59 PM Ragnorok QUOTE(Mark @ Jan 30 2005, 02:11 AM)Hi everyon... Aug 31 2005, 02:04 PM Mark QUOTE(Ragnorok @ Aug 31 2005, 03:04 PM)- Clev... Aug 31 2005, 06:04 PM miskinis Will the SL-6000 be supported, and in both portrai... Aug 31 2005, 06:16 PM speculatrix anyone interested should download it ASAP as it lo... Feb 12 2007, 06:14 AM RickHodgin QUOTE(speculatrix @ Feb 12 2007, 09:14 AM... May 21 2010, 11:13 PM Mark QUOTE(RickHodgin @ May 22 2010, 12:13 AM)... Jun 18 2010, 11:19 AM |
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