PYC118%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (Rasiel) (12/06/90)
A kind soul has just told me that there IS an Amiga emulator for the IBM PC. I'd like to know more about this, not that I'm going to buy a PC but I'm just curious as to what it can do, how much it costs and whether you really could play Shadow of the Beast or Unreal on it :) Since many of the Amiga chips are proprietary, I wonder how legal this board is unless it was done under Commodore's eyes along with a hefty commision (or is it just an Amiga mother- board stuck on a card that fits into a PC's belly?). Also, I'd like to sell an internal drive for a 2000 that is in brand-new, never installed condition for a mere $60. I'm also willing to trade it for some games or a 2400 modem or something else entirely. Rasiel, pyc118@uriacc Univ. of Rhode Island.
joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (12/07/90)
I seriosly doubt this. Either: A) Your friend is pulling your leg. B) You're thinking backwards, possibly of the BridgeBoard. C) It is true, but the board sucks really bad because it's _extremely_ difficult to emulate an Amiga, especially anywhere near real time. -jph joseph@valnet.UUCP or ...!iuvax!valnet!joseph IMHO: The "H" means "honest"!
dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) (12/08/90)
In article <3cFsT3w163w@valnet> joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: >I seriosly doubt this. Either: > >A) Your friend is pulling your leg. >B) You're thinking backwards, possibly of the BridgeBoard. >C) It is true, but the board sucks really bad because it's _extremely_ > difficult to emulate an Amiga, especially anywhere near real time. > The boards ( 3 full size AT-boards if I remember correctly ). It is expensive and designed mostly to prove that it could be done :-) I would say the guys who managed to do it deserves a big hand for doing something so utterly useless. I think they even sold some :-) Regards, Jorgen -- ******************************************************************************* email dvljhg@cs.umu.se - other ways to communicate are a waste of time. Everything I say is always true, just apply it to the right reality. "Credo, quia absurdum est."
Radagast@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall) (12/08/90)
>>I seriosly doubt this. Either: >> >>A) Your friend is pulling your leg. >>B) You're thinking backwards, possibly of the BridgeBoard. >>C) It is true, but the board sucks really bad because it's _extremely_ >> difficult to emulate an Amiga, especially anywhere near real time. >> > >The boards ( 3 full size AT-boards if I remember correctly ). >It is expensive and designed mostly to prove that it could be done :-) >I would say the guys who managed to do it deserves a big hand for doing >something so utterly useless. I think they even sold some :-) > Probably referring to the original amiga development platform. Before the A1000 came out, the development platform was on IBM-PC's with multiple cards to bascially be an amiga in a slot (or a few). You can probably still find these around somewhere. (I was told that the original developers platform sold for around $4000.) -kls
vidynath@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (12/10/90)
Interesting coincidence: In the Sunday Columbus Dispatch ad insert for a
discount electronics shop, there is this blurb about "Laser(R) 286/2 AT
compatible". The screen shot shows a Laser moniter showing a hand holding
a disk. This disk has upside down letters. Guess what it says :-)
Oh yeah, underneath it says V1.3.
P.S.: This outfit has start selling the consumer version of the Amiga 500
as well.
--
Vidhyanth Rao It is the man, not the method, that solves
function.mps.ohio-state.edu the problem. - Henri Poincare
(614)-366-9341 [as paraphrased by E. T. Bell]rhialto@cs.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec7.164437.27899@cs.umu.se> dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) writes: [about there existing an Amiga emulator for PCs] | The boards ( 3 full size AT-boards if I remember correctly ). | It is expensive and designed mostly to prove that it could be done :-) | I would say the guys who managed to do it deserves a big hand for doing | something so utterly useless. I think they even sold some :-) Well, I hope you _did_ notice that the article was in the April issue of Amiga Magazin (or something, I don't remember exactly). And what use would it be. The price 'quoted' was more than an actual Amiga. | Regards, Jorgen -- Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert rhialto@cs.kun.nl How can you be so stupid if you're identical to me? -Robert Silverberg
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (12/11/90)
In article <2544@wn1.sci.kun.nl> rhialto@cs.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) writes: >In article <1990Dec7.164437.27899@cs.umu.se> dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) writes: >[about there existing an Amiga emulator for PCs] >| The boards ( 3 full size AT-boards if I remember correctly ). >| It is expensive and designed mostly to prove that it could be done :-) >| I would say the guys who managed to do it deserves a big hand for doing >| something so utterly useless. I think they even sold some :-) > >Well, I hope you _did_ notice that the article was in the April issue >of Amiga Magazin (or something, I don't remember exactly). Oh, now I realize, you meant MY article! Someone reading those texts developed with much beer? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! And it even spreads overseas! I LOVE IT. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk