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Re: It's called "static recompiler"
03/15/11 09:24 PM


> Sure, you could generate a list of instructions and the addresses they appear at at
> run-time, which is basically how Graham's method works but you've got to make sure
> that you execute all possible code. The easy way to solve this is to lug around the
> original ROM with you and interpret anything you missed. A much, much more difficult
> alternative is to do something like FX!32 (the old X86->Alpha translator for Windows
> NT), which caches translated blocks on disk and updates this each time the program is
> run. But again, the problem here is that you have to retain the ROM.
>
> In all cases, you will have to retain the ROM code for on-the-fly translation.

You just have to play a game, doing absolutely everything possible to do in the game (hardware failure interrupts included), making sure you hit every bit of code, and you're golden .

Andrew







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* Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen 03/14/11 01:17 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? R. Belmont  03/14/11 08:03 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/15/11 07:24 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? R. Belmont  03/15/11 03:02 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/15/11 06:14 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? R. Belmont  03/15/11 09:37 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/16/11 05:56 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/16/11 05:37 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? drewcifer  03/16/11 07:25 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? H@P  03/17/11 03:59 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? StilettoAdministrator  03/16/11 07:53 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Bart T.  03/16/11 04:14 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? R. Belmont  03/16/11 05:58 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Bart T.  03/16/11 09:34 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? etabeta  03/15/11 10:18 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/15/11 05:41 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Bart T.  03/15/11 09:16 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Matty_  03/14/11 01:35 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/14/11 02:03 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? BIOS-D  03/14/11 04:50 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? R. Belmont  03/14/11 03:17 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/15/11 07:01 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Bart T.  03/15/11 09:50 AM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? safreen  03/15/11 04:23 PM
. * Re: Emulator: Interpreter vs. Compiler? Bart T.  03/15/11 09:03 PM
. * It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/14/11 08:12 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/14/11 08:50 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/15/11 06:32 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" R. Belmont  03/15/11 02:59 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/15/11 05:47 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/15/11 09:10 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/15/11 10:09 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/15/11 04:34 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" R. Belmont  03/15/11 09:41 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" krick  03/18/11 05:01 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/16/11 05:51 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/16/11 07:48 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/15/11 09:08 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/16/11 05:20 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/16/11 07:51 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/16/11 09:23 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" R. Belmont  03/16/11 06:08 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" safreen  03/16/11 09:00 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Anonymous  03/17/11 10:04 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" StilettoAdministrator  03/16/11 06:56 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" keshbach1  03/16/11 07:52 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" BIOS-D  03/16/11 07:04 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/16/11 09:31 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" R. Belmont  03/16/11 09:40 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" twistyAdministrator  03/16/11 10:48 PM
. * Took ya all long enough.... mogli  03/17/11 04:18 AM
. * Re: Took ya all long enough.... R. Belmont  03/17/11 02:37 PM
. * Re: Took ya all long enough.... mogli  03/18/11 04:53 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Bart T.  03/17/11 12:03 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" drewcifer  03/15/11 09:24 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" BIOS-D  03/15/11 05:00 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" Waremonger  03/16/11 04:58 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" krick  03/15/11 07:15 AM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" R. Belmont  03/15/11 02:55 PM
. * Re: It's called "static recompiler" AWJ  03/15/11 12:15 PM

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