nick@drutx.ATT.COM (SilvaNT) (03/03/88)
>Subject: MS-DOS on Atari > >Recently someone asked why there is an MS-DOS emulator for the Atari for under >$100.00. From what I gather from one of my users, the MS-DOS product for the >Atari requires a CP/M board first then the MS-DOS board. And it is Atari >MS-DOS. The disks are not compatible with the IBM (or clones) it is a special >Atari disk format. The same goes for their CP/M. It is Atari CP/M. Wrongo! The product you refer to is called PC-Ditto. It is a completely software product. It is not Atari DOS, it is good ol' PC-DOS (not all MS-DOS versions will work but the one for the IBM PC certainly does). This disks are indeed compatible with IBMs, since they have very similar formats to begin with but thats another story. As for CP/M, it is by digital research, the same people who make the Atari DOS, which made it for everyone else in the world. I use the product, and can say I have had very, very good success with it. It is very workable for most applications, but on some communications stuff or games that are very screen intensive, it really seems slow. Oh, there is also a MacIntosh emulator for the ST too. ======================================================================== | Disclaimer: I have no connection with anybody. I use some of this | | stuff that's all! | ========================================================================