they already have that, it's called Intel ME and AMD PSP.
X86 Virtualization on other architectures
Daniel Ward
Zachary Garcia
Let's go a step further and just get an FPGA card, which we will reprogram on the go with whatever hardware we need at the moment, from x86 processor to additional GPU to hardware sound synthesizer.
Brayden Thomas
See
Andrew Bailey
you mean a co-processor?
Jack White
Modern x86 processors are already essentially a CISC ISA emulated on RISC.
Easton Murphy
DSx86 runs a lot older DOS titles fine on the early NDS handhelds (ARM-based). Problem here is the screen resolution is 256x192, so a typical DOS screen gets scrunched.
In theory, 8086tiny can be ported to many little-endian systems, so give it a shot. I think it only goes up to CGA though, but that still accounts for a lot of stuff.
Jeremiah Watson
It's been done in the 80's, but nowadays it's better to avoid x86 hardware unless you enjoy botnet and bugs gallore. I guess it would be okay if you stuck with 80386 chips.
Amiga sidecar. Later they made better ones (including 80486) that fitted on a Zorro card to plug into your A2000, A3000, or A4000 case.
amiga.resource.cx
Dylan Perry
If you enjoy spending $300 on ancient hardware, I have seen Pentium 2 class boards for old PowerMacs with PCI. Probably no 3D acceleration unless you get a really late model however. If I had the Power Mac G3/G4 and the money to spare, I'd probably try it out. It's just a bit too expensive for my taste though.
David James
Not worth it for me. An old 386DX/33 is enough to run every DOS game I care about. But that chip can be easily emulated on any current hardware, except maybe the smallest microcontrollers.
Jonathan Wright
Thanks for making me cry, jerk