pa1329@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU (pa1329) (09/27/89)
Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? Any info is appreciated.
karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) (09/30/89)
In article <1171@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU> pa1329@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.UUCP (pa1329) writes: >Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? No. Ick. -- -- uunet!sugar!karl "There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that -- flags do not wave in a vacuum." -- Arthur C. Clarke -- Usenet access: (713) 438-5018
phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (09/30/89)
In article <4249@sugar.hackercorp.com> karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >In article <1171@sdcc13.ucsd.EDU> pa1329@sdcc13.ucsd.edu.UUCP (pa1329) writes: >>Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? >No. Ick. Actually, yes, ick; or at least maybe. I've seen one, but it had been copied incorrectly and didn't work. It was set up originally (so says our theory) as a bootable floppy with many blocks of code stored OUTSIDE of files. At one point in the distribution - presumably right before it got to us - someone filecopied it, and that was that. It's an Australian hack, boots on a 68000 or 68020, and is specifically public domain. It requires a bootable TOS disk to get started - I presume this includes TOSbench, or whatever they call it. (TOS disks can be purchased from local Atari dealers, if you've got one.) It will, according to its doc file, boot most game floppies as well. - R'ykandar. -- | R'ykandar Korra'ti, Editor, LOW ORBIT | phoenix@ms.uky.edu | CIS 72406,370 | | Elfinkind, Unite! | phoenix@ukma.bitnet | PLink: Skywise | QLink: Bearclaw |
pete@i-core.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) (10/03/89)
<12803@s.ms.uky.edu> >>>Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? >>No. Ick. > It's an Australian hack, boots on a 68000 or 68020, and is specifically >public domain. It requires a bootable TOS disk to get started - I presume >this includes TOSbench, or whatever they call it. (TOS disks can be purchased >from local Atari dealers, if you've got one.) It will, according to its doc >file, boot most game floppies as well. > - R'ykandar. I got the same program, it didn't work (I tried it with a TOS disk). Thus I thought it was another gag or joke program. Is it for real? Did anyone ever get a good copy of it? -- (^\__/^) pete@i-core.uucp uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core / . . \ <=== BEWARE! The Snugglesoft Bear! \ ~ / <=== Spawn of Satan and the downfall of Western Civilization! ( )( ) Pete Ashdown - Slack Monger Extraordinare - Amiga Evangelist
ST9@jane.uh.edu (Rich Bainter AKA Pug) (10/04/89)
> >>>>Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? >> - R'ykandar. > > I got the same program, it didn't work (I tried it with a TOS disk). Thus I > thought it was another gag or joke program. Is it for real? Did anyone ever > get a good copy of it? (Yes! Great interest here. I would like to show something like this off to a certain friend of mine.) later (Stephen McLeod, Sysop Phoenix96)
phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (10/04/89)
In article <3297@jane.uh.edu> ST9@jane.uh.edu (Rich Bainter AKA Pug) writes: >>>>>Does anyone know if there is an Atari ST Emulator on the Amiga? >>> - R'ykandar. Please pay attention to what you're attributing to whom. I did not ask that question; I was attempting to answer it. - R'ykandar. -- | R'ykandar Korra'ti, Editor, LOW ORBIT | phoenix@ms.uky.edu | CIS 72406,370 | | Elfinkind, Unite! | phoenix@ukma.bitnet | PLink: Skywise | QLink: Bearclaw |
md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Donald Drown) (10/26/89)
I downloaded the Atari ST emulator fine over here, eedecoded, and un-warped it perfectly. The only problem I have is finding someone with a TOS disk around here. -Matt Drown (md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu) Carnegie-Mellon University
gilmore@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Neil Gilmore) (10/28/89)
In article <4ZFUv6O00WB4Q9WnlC@andrew.cmu.edu>, md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Donald Drown) writes... >I downloaded the Atari ST emulator fine over here, eedecoded, and un-warped >it perfectly. The only problem I have is finding someone with a TOS disk >around here. That could be because TOS hasn't been disk-based in years (other than the beta 1.4 versions). >-Matt Drown (md3b+@andrew.cmu.edu) >Carnegie-Mellon University +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kitakaze Tatsu Raito Neil Gilmore internet:gilmore@macc.wisc.edu | | Jararvellir, MACC, UW-Madison bitnet: gilmore@wiscmac3 | | Middle Kingdom Madison, Wi | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
glin@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (George Lin [900116]) (03/24/90)
I'm looking for a PD version of the Atari ST Emulator that have been tested to work. (I know several copies out there that had the .fastdir file which destroyed the Atari boot block included on the same disk). If anybody have it or know a ftp site that has it, please send me a note. Thanx. P.S. If anybody have the software version of the Apple ][ Emulator, please send me a mail also. Thanx. George
hgm@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Hal G. Meeks) (03/30/90)
And in the midst of this computer bashing, here's a little comic relief, taken from comp.sys.atari.st. ------------------------------- A small German company showed a ST-emulator for the Commodore Amiga - and it works! Most of the standard-software is running nearly as fast as on a real ST. The QUICK INDEX benchmark reported a performance of 93 - 98 percent. The price: about 600 DM (< $300). The 'medusa'-emulator will be available in April for the Amiga 2000, a version for the smaller Amiga 500 a bit later. You have to use the original TOS, which is not included with the emulator board. But you get a program which reads the ATARI-ROMs and saves the OS on a disk. The medusa-board can emulate the STE, so perhaps it is the fastest way to get a STE in the US to buy an Amiga and install the medusa-module ... (just a joke !?). I hope that all these news are correct (especially the dates and prices). Oliver Steinmeier (uk14@dkauni2.bitnet) --------------------------------------- --hal -- hgm@ccvr1.ncsu.edu "Rebellion is like witchcraft. That's what it is, netoprhm@ncsuvm.bitnet it's like witchcraft." Missouri State Rep. Jean Dixon, on labeling "offensive music". USA Today, March 20, 1990
v128ll9e@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard B Wicks) (05/06/90)
I think that I have an Atari St Emulator, but don't have any software (Atari that is) to try it out. It is listed as PD? Who wants to try it out? If you want a copy, EMAIL me at the above address. I can only send it to you if you give me your bitnet address. The file is in WARP format. -Rich
gt5784a@prism.gatech.EDU (Walter G. Reynolds (JJ)) (05/10/90)
I have just removed the atari.wrp file from xanth (which I uploaded).
I honestly don't see how they could fit any atari roms in it (the
file was only 36K). However, out of pure fear, I have deleted it.
If I hear confirmation from someone that has already downloaded it
that it is NOT infringing any copyright laws, I will be more than
happy to re-post it. However, I will also not delete it from my own
archives until I hear that it IS, indeed, illegal. All the text
files in it state that it is PD, and that to the best of the author's
knowledge, it is PD.
As far as I know, there are several versions of this program. The
one I am speaking of is 32039 bytes in warped format. If someone has
downloaded it, please verify that it is, or is not, PD.
W.Reynolds. (and I don't REALLY have a lawyer..)
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ARPA: gt5784a@prism.gatech.eduaiajms@castle.ed.ac.uk (-=Andy=-) (05/26/90)
It seems we have now been given the ultimate emulator for the Amiga...the ST Emulator. I read a magazine article here in the UK and the thing is ready for the 2000 at the moment and the 500 later. The cost is around 180(Sterling) and runs at between 90 and 95% of a normal atari. The machine is also compatible with all versions of TOS including the latest (1.6 I think) (ie an STe!!!). Also, whereas the ST was only designed to use 4 Megs of Ram, the emulator can use the whole memory map (ie 8-9 Megs). With the emulation of the ZX Spectrum, Sinclair QL, BBC, C64, Apple Mac, IBM XT/AT and now the ST...it must mean that the Amiga is the ultimate in versitility. I would like to see ANY of the aforementioned machines emulate an Amiga!!! (hahha) Yours -=Andy=- =========================================================================== Name : A Mcsherry Degree: Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence // Univ : University Of Edinburgh, Scotland. \\ // Mail : aiajms%uk.ac.ed.castle@nsfnet-relay \X/ Motd : Don't be STingy, buy a decent computer --> AMIGA ==========================================================================
jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) (05/27/90)
*Why* does everyone want to emulate every other machine on their Amiga? I mean, sure it's nice to be a Dimension 68000 clone, but hey.... I know a lot of people who don't take the Amiga seriously because of "it's attempt to emulate other machines." Let's just push the industry for ports of the software packages that people want to run on the Amiga. -- John M. Adams --**-- Professional Student on the six-year plan! /// Internet: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu -or- vladimir@maple.circa.ufl.edu /// "Houston, we have a negative on that orbit trajectory." Calvin & Hobbes \\V// Cosysop of BBS:42; Amiga BBS FIDOnet 1:3612/42. 904-438-4803 (Florida) \X/
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (05/29/90)
jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes: |*Why* does everyone want to emulate every other machine on their Amiga? |I mean, sure it's nice to be a Dimension 68000 clone, but hey.... I know |a lot of people who don't take the Amiga seriously because of "it's attempt |to emulate other machines." Let's just push the industry for ports of |the software packages that people want to run on the Amiga. How can someone say the Amiga is inferior because it can emulate their machine, and do it at the same performance speed or faster (AMAX)? sheesh! -- John Sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 2400bps. Accessable via Starlink (Louisville KY) sparks@corpane.UUCP | | PH: (502) 968-DISK A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. - Ogden Nash
danb20@pro-graphics.cts.com (Dan Bachmann) (06/03/90)
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I agree with ya. Emulators just prove how much more dynamic the Amiga
actually can be.
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U.S.mail: 509 StonyBrook Drive, Bridgewater, NJ, 08807 USAjhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (06/07/90)
I can name many MS-DOS programs I would like to see on the Amiga. There
are a few Mac programs that have no real competition in the Amiga domain.
Hence, we have IBM and Mac emulators.
For the life of me, I can't come up with a single ST program I'd like to
see on the Amiga. I think the only real market for the ST emulator might
be for old ST owners w/ Amigas and even that's stretching it. Considering
most games worth anything are out for both systems (except for Dung. Master 2)
and since there's not a single application software program where the Amiga
doesn't have the edge, what's the use of the ST emulator except as a novelty?