On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 7:58 AM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
"3. Products that run x86 code, but aren't natively x86 - either through hardware or software (so, for example, an '030 Mac IIcx running SoftPC - which we don't currently have). We call this x86 on !x86 (read as x86 on not x86)"
That could also include the Commodore Amiga running PC-Task. I did a lot of my WordPerfect for DOS activity on that emulation platform.
I think it was PC-Task, but there was a soft x86 emulator that supported ISA devices attached through the GG2 Bus+/GoldenGate Bridgecard. I got a report from a user that he was able to control an FM Tuner card with a DOS app with no x86 in sight. Someone else got an EPROM programmer with a proprietary ISA card working similarly. As long as the ISA card doesn't use DMA (there's no DMA engine present and the DMA pins are N.C.), it has a good chance of working. I'd be happy to assist if someone was going that route. -ethan