valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) (05/02/90)
In article <8478@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mrose@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Rose) writes: > > Now if I do get the Amiga, I am going to give my brother my Mega Don't do that, give it to your worst enemy instead. :-) > and I would like to be able to exchange > wordprocessor files between the two machines without a modem. Is there > anyway for the Amiga to read a MS-DOS disk (compatible with ST)? Yes, there is a DOS-2-DOS package that will allow you to read and write MS-DOS disks. > Will it require a bridge board? Does the Amiga need a new 3 1/2 or can you > use the regular Amiga drive to read a 720k disk? You don't need any additional hardware to read and write 3.5 inch disk. You may add a 5-1/4 inch drive to read and write those antiquated PC disks if you really insist. > A friend of mine > told me that the Amiga use variable speed drives like on the Mac (yuck!), He is wrong. >I had heard from somewhere (don't remember where) that there was an >Atari ST and STe emulator on a card for the Amiga. Is this true? Who >makes it? How compatible is it? Readysoft makes a Mac emulator, just like Spectre for the ST. Everybosy says it's better though. :-) There is no ST emulator to my knowledge. The number of Amigans that would like to run ST software is rather, um, restrained. Valentin -- The Goddess of democracy? "The tyrants Name: Valentin Pepelea may distroy a statue, but they cannot Phone: (215) 431-9327 kill a god." UseNet: cbmvax!valentin@uunet.uu.net - Ancient Chinese Proverb Claimer: I not Commodore spokesman be
mrose@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Rose) (05/03/90)
In article <11247@cbmvax.commodore.com> writes: >In article <8478@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mrose@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Rose) writes: >> >> Now if I do get the Amiga, I am going to give my brother my Mega > >Don't do that, give it to your worst enemy instead. :-) > ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ :-( Hey! :) My brother already owns a 520ST with only 512k of memory. Giving him my Mega is a God send to him, he really wants it. It has 2megs on board, and very soon it will have a 800 x 600 NON-interlaced screen. I will still use it if I buy the A3000. Sure the ST has its faults, but I still enjoy using it. Besides, what about my poor Dungeon Master characters that have moved on to Chaos Stikes Back, I won't be able to play with them anymore. :( [ Stuff deleted ] > >>I had heard from somewhere (don't remember where) that there was an >>Atari ST and STe emulator on a card for the Amiga. Is this true? Who >>makes it? How compatible is it? > >Readysoft makes a Mac emulator, just like Spectre for the ST. Everybosy >says it's better though. :-) ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ eeek! no way dude! >There is no ST emulator to my knowledge. >The number of Amigans that would like to run ST software is rather, um, >restrained. Currently Amax doesn't compare with Spectre GCR. Spectre reads and rights standard Mac disks in the STs drive. No fuss. It also supports Mac sound on the ST and can use a hard drive partition on the ST for the Mac. The Screen is also non-interlaced 640 x 400, a big plus. I have heard from a friend that a new version of Amax is on it's way. Hopefully this will be greatly improved, ie: use hard drive, play sound ( I have only heard Amax beep ), and since the Amiga uses fixed speed drives like on the ST, maybe Amax will be able to read Mac disks with out an external Mac dirve. And since the A3000 has a de-interlacer built in I won't have to worry about the flicker. Anyhow, I don't wanna emulate a Mac, I would like to be able to use all of my exisiting ST software. If someone knows anything about the ST emulator for the Amiga please E-mail me about it. Thanks! > >Valentin >-- >The Goddess of democracy? "The tyrants Name: Valentin Pepelea >may distroy a statue, but they cannot Phone: (215) 431-9327 >kill a god." UseNet: cbmvax!valentin@uunet.uu.net > - Ancient Chinese Proverb Claimer: I not Commodore spokesman be Take care! -Michael Rose ***************************************************************************** (: When will Dungeon Master be out for the Lynx?! :) ***************************************************************************** p.s. Thanks everybody for telling me how to use ms-dos disks on the Amiga. You can stop sending now, I have 30 messages that explain what software to use. Boy, everyone on c.s.amiga really responds fast! Thanks again!!!
bvk@hhb.UUCP (Brett Kuehner) (05/04/90)
valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes: >In article <8478@sbcs.sunysb.edu> mrose@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Rose) writes: >>I had heard from somewhere (don't remember where) that there was an >>Atari ST and STe emulator on a card for the Amiga. Is this true? Who >>makes it? How compatible is it? >Readysoft makes a Mac emulator, just like Spectre for the ST. Everybosy >says it's better though. :-) There is no ST emulator to my knowledge. >The number of Amigans that would like to run ST software is rather, um, >restrained. .. I've seen an ST Emulator running (It claimed to be a demo of the Chamaeleon german emulator mentioned here a while ago). It could boot in Lo Res Color, Med Res Color or Hi Res Mono. It ran the GEM Desktop, and could show directories of ST disks, and ran an old ST GEM demo program. The menus were in German, and it crashed several times while I watched. I dunno if there is a release version yet, but someone is at least working on one. I don't have any other info on it, though. Brett -- Brett Kuehner, Racal-Redac, Mahwah, NJ ...!princeton!hhb!bvk bvk%hhb@princeton.EDU