Emulation -- some technical help?

[Runo]

So, I'm currently learning (by myself) C++ and as my little testing programs started to grow more and more complex with the time I thought maybe I could try doing some emulation eventually, maybe something like Atari 2600 or even simpler, just for learning purposes ^^
After all, emulation is something that aways fascinated me.

Thing is, there is almost no documentation about emulation itself on the internet (at least on the easy-to-find layers of google ^^) so I was wondering if someone here could give me some directions, maybe links to what I'm looking for.... I know the basics of how a microprocessor works (how data is managed inside it and how functions are handled) but I can't find how this kind of work can be emulated, not the usual noob explanation "imitating hardware with software" thing, but some technical directions....

Anyone?

[NaturalViolence]

Start with something simple, like chip8 (google it). Or chip16 if you feel up to it.

All questions can be answered through google/wikipedia. If you want to learn how microprocessors work type "microprocessor" intro wikipedia .

Everything I know about microprocessors so far I've gained from either reading articles found through google or wikipedia, programming stuff and reading documentation about how the compiler handles it at the low level, and minecraft (downloading maps of microprocessors that people have built and exploring them, which is really fun, usually they put signs everywhere to provide documentation on how everything works).

As for emulation I would recommend looking at the source code and documentation of simple chip8 emulators and trying to build your own.

[Runo]

thanks NV man.
I already know a bit on how microprocessors work, I learned that from my old man ^^, he was a emulator dev in the SNES era but he doesnt have time enough to teach me everything, so I thing I'll just have to stop being lazy and read a bit on the internet I usually end up enjoying it ^^

Chip8 sounds interesting, specially because everything is very simple (memory address range, opcodes, etc) so I can easily see how it works, I think I'm gonna go for it