v128ll9e@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard B Wicks) (05/10/90)
About the ST Emulator. It turns out that it is PD, but Illegal PD. It works like the pirated version of AMAX, Roms read into memory by disk. I have this version BUT the ROMS are missing, and it would be illegal for me to distribute it. The version I have doesn't work anyhow (according to those I have been able to send to). Apparently (and I'm not sure about this) the roms are cut off when you try to warp the disk. As some of you may know, Warp is able to cut out some viruses, apparently, it reconizes the ROMS as a virus or something. In any case I'm sorry I ever opened my mouth. Don't worry though, there is (supposedly) a commercial ST Emulator that is to come out this summer, this is just rumor- let me stress that last point! If anyone wants to abuse me for jumping the gun, Flame me at my addressm, NOT here! -Rich
peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) (05/10/90)
In article <25124@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v128ll9e@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >[about the ST emulator] >Apparently (and I'm not sure about this) the roms are cut off when you try to >warp the disk. As some of you may know, Warp is able to cut out some viruses, >apparently, it reconizes the ROMS as a virus or something. In any case I'm >sorry I ever opened my mouth. Here it comes again :-( I am amazed at the number of people who seriously believe that this PD thing ever came close to emulating an ST. It may have been a joke, a hack, an honest beginning to a never-completed design, or just a pile of BS. Nobody ever got this thing to work, it's been known for about two years, and there is a widely held myth that Warp stripped off the alleged ROM image that was part of the emulator. Funny that the whole universe has access to copies that were made downstream of this stripping, but nobody has ever seen or heard the original work. Time for comp.sys.amiga.myth, I guess. Frankly, I don't quite see what all the excitement is about, since the most interesting things about the ST are that it has inexpensive 400-line monochrome non-interlaced display, and some fairly impressive MIDI software. No emulator can give you the first, and it would probably be tough to give the second. Besides, at least one prominent piece of Atart MIDI software has a dongle-cartridge, so forget using that. >-Rich Peter -- Peter Cherna, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!peter peter@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer. "If you insist on spending $10000 on a 68030 technology, may we humbly suggest you buy three Amiga 3000's."