Zaurus Emulator - Looking For Beta Testers!

[dhns]

The other difficulty is that we don't have access to any Apple hardware nor any experience with this platform. If we are going to support another host O/S, it will be Windows XP because that expands the market enormously for us.

Except, AFAIK,  there's no toolchain to compile Z programs on XP, hence no real reason to have an emulator.
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But there is one for the Mac: [a href=\"http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20152]http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20152[/url]

So, an Mac mini is not a too high investment (less than a C3000). But I understand these obstacle by moving to the PowerPC processor.

-- hns

[Mark]

But there is one for the Mac: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20152

So, an Mac mini is not a too high investment (less than a C3000). But I understand these obstacle by moving to the PowerPC processor.

-- hns
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Thanks for the info! The reasons for supporting Windows XP are that it is a relatively straightforward port and that it gains access to a lot of end users. You are right that there won't be any Zaurus developers, but there may be people who'd like to try a C1000 or C3000 under emulation before deciding to buy one. There are also people who might want to try out a different ROM in the safety of an emulator, before they risk bricking their expensive Zaurus.

Beyond this, there are plenty of other ARM-based PDA's that are much more Windows centric ...

Mark.