Steve writes:

> It is all done with mirrors.  There is absolutely no support for CM
...
> segment, rather than the normal FETCH-DECODE-EMULATE cycle, it just
> starts executing the translated NM instructions instead.  You are
> still in CM at that point, with all of the old machines' limitation;
> the code just executes faster.
>
> Hope this demystifies a bit,

For more, <plug>, check chapters 16 & 18 of the "Beyond RISC!" book.
I think there's still some available at
http://www.allegro.com/beyond_risc.html
</plug>

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