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kaetemi
What M68k version does this target, and is there a measurable difference in performance in targeting ARM specifically?

Documentation files seem outdated. Repository seems a bit low on information. Are there any unit tests too?

vidarh
It appears to be JIT'ing, so presumably a significant performance difference compared to not JIT'ing. If you mean compared to a JIT with multiple backends, presumably not.

EDIT: Here's an article about PJIT that compared it to Emu68 that gives more info: https://www.buffee.ca/Why-PJIT-Why/

bitwize
Sounds like a good match for PiStorm, that madlad project to turbocharge the Amiga by strapping a Raspberry Pi in where the 680x0 CPU used to live. Though personally, I wish they'd put in a socket for the original CPU and a passthrough for it. Sometimes I want to drive the car without a JATO bottle on the roof...
bogantech
Indeed, the author of Emu68k has been working on pairing this with Pistorm already :)
Kivutar
Isn't Cyclone 68000 already doing the same thing? The core used in Picodrive.
vidarh
Cyclone seems to be written in ARM assembly to emulate it directly, while Emu68 is a JIT.