FAQ: Emulator host system

Q: Does putting the emulated Sun3 drive in a host ram-drive improve emulation speed?
A: No.  If you have sufficient host memory to never swap, the host NetBSD operating system performs well enough that putting the emulated drive in a host-ram drive doesn't improve things.  The emulator is processor bound!

Q: Does dual-core help?
A: Not unless you're running multiple emulators on the same host.  The host NetBSD operating system takes very little of the processor.  It all goes to the emulator.

Q: How fast is the emulation?  Is the emulator the fastest way for me to run my m68020 executables?
A: See the FAQ-emulator-speed for details.


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