Emulation Online is a site dedicated to building emulators you can run in your browser, and explaining now these classic systems work. We also run a Youtube […] 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://emulationonline.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/emulationonline.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gyhttps://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3ml2lext3lsm2Unique features of the 8088 CPU We continue on our effort to build an 8088 CPU emulator, as well as emulating the rest of the original IBM PC. Last time we looked at some high level features of the 8088 CPU, and compared it with the (somewhat contemporary) MOS 6502 CPU. One notable difference […] https://www.emulationonline.com/systems/dos_pc/8088_cpu_features/04 May 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2lext3lsm2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mklilawil5c2The brain of the PC: The 8088 CPU Intel CPU History The 8086 / 8088 Instruction set Add on the 8086: Add on the 6502 Next up: unique 8086 features The first piece of the DOS+PC platform we’ll look at in detail is the CPU. If you are new to computer architecture or retro-computing, you might want […] https://www.emulationonline.com/systems/dos_pc/pc_cpu_8088/28 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklilawil5c2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mk6wagkokmq2Careers Interested in working with us? 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EmulationOnline Community11 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgss3jo4u6s2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mgb6skcpo7b2Comparing Scripting Language Speed By building a programming language interpretter What is an interpretter A simple machine: The Turing Machine Why build an interpretter Measuring Performance Programming Language Runtime Comparisons / Benchmarks Why so slow? (Interpretter Overhead) Why so fast? […] https://www.emulationonline.com/posts/comparing-scripting-language-speed/04 Mar 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgb6skcpo7b2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mfn32mo7iep2 https://www.emulationonline.com/posts/programming-language-complexity/24 Feb 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfn32mo7iep2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mfcz6rrd35k2 https://www.emulationonline.com/posts/best-android-ds-nds-emulators/20 Feb 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcz6rrd35k2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mfcz6q4w6qd2Retro Console CPU Timeline This page lets you explore the speed of retro gaming consoles. It is truly impressive how much old consoles managed to accomplish with relatively modest capabilities. This graphs the frequency of each system’s CPU. This is roughly equivalent to how frequently each CPU […] https://www.emulationonline.com/posts/retro-console-cpu-timeline/19 Feb 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:f2vbmtcwfa6xoiv3w4cww22l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcz6q4w6qd2https://bsky.app/profile/emulationonline.com.web.brid.gy/post/3mdlouswvobk2Retro Console Timeline This page lets you explore the history of retro gaming consoles, as well as how popular each system was. This lets you see how popular gaming has gotten over time, as well as learn more about your favorite consoles. 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