On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 03:09:52PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > The blobs for the in-kernel drivers are not to be executed by the host > CPU itself, neither is the non-free ICQ, MSN or Yahoo servers > (although Gaim can be seen useful by itself as it works with IRC and > Jabber... Well, brain, please don't hijack my message ;-) ). They will > be run on the other side of the abstraction (call it bus or > network). The ROM for an Amiga, Atari or similar machine _does_ get > used directly by your PC's CPU.
Not really - it is data for the emulator program only. It is not executable on your host CPU, just like the text of the bible. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>