[Nottingham] Linux, GNU, HURD, and now... Valix

[Jim Moore]

Richard Ward wrote:
> Jim Moore wrote:
>   
>> I'd like to see RISC OS 3.1 run native on a 2GHz x86 
>> processor!
>>     
>
> Me too, and I'd also like to play some of the old games from my 
> childhood again.
>
> It could happen... http://www.riscosopen.org/
> I'm not sure if they are doing an x86 port, but they are working on an 
> ARM Cortex port that should run on the new ARM netbooks.
>
>   
should be possible, x86 is essentially a RISC chip with CISC extended 
instructions bolted on... how difficult would it be to ignore the 
hardcoded CISC extensions? (I'm asking, I'm not a lernel programmer or a 
programmer of any sort for that matter!)

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