kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle) (03/27/90)
Well, I have an amiga 500 with one meg of ram and Kickstart/WB 1.3 and I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this system. Can anybody help me out there? If there are any, how would I get hold of one, and how PC compatible is it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kyle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- kiwi@motto.UUCP | "I'd rather have a full bottle in front ..uunet!mnetor!motto!kiwi | of me than a full frontal lobotomy." -------------------------------------------------------------------------
arao@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aswath.k.rao) (03/28/90)
From article <97@motto.UUCP>, by kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle): > I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this > system. Can anybody help me out there? If there are any, how would I get > hold of one, and how PC compatible is it? > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Kyle. Me too. Aswath Rao att!houtz!arao
matth@extro (Matthew Hannigan) (03/29/90)
From article <97@motto.UUCP>, by kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle): > I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this > system. Can anybody help me out there? If there are any, how would I get There was a program called Transformer that emulated a PC. > hold of one, and how PC compatible is it? Its seems about 90% compatible for text only applications. You can format 3.5" disks in MesSyDOS format, and refer to them as drives a: , b: etc.. It doesn't run any graphics at all, I think. I'm afraid to say I have forgotten the company that sold it. I think it was UK based. Matt.
kabra437@pallas.athenanet.com (Ken Abrams) (03/29/90)
In article <9203@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> arao@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (aswath.k.rao) writes: >From article <97@motto.UUCP>, by kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle): >> I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this >> system. [Amiga] Just noticed that this was cross posted to "amiga" also and I'm sure it will get LOTS of responses there....... The thing you want is called a Bridge Card. It is actually an 8088 and seperate memory on the card and comes (I think) with an external 5-1/4 drive. From what I have heard it is VERY compatible and relatively inexpensive. Ask any Amiga dealer. -- ======================================================== Ken Abrams uunet!pallas!kabra437 Illinois Bell kabra437@athenanet.com Springfield (voice) 217-753-7965
gdunlap@csuchico.edu (Gregory L. Dunlap) (03/30/90)
In article <1990Mar29.022837.1184@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> matth@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Matthew Hannigan) writes: >From article <97@motto.UUCP>, by kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle): >> I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this >> system. Can anybody help me out there? If there are any, how would I get > >There was a program called Transformer that emulated a PC. > >> hold of one, and how PC compatible is it? > >Its seems about 90% compatible for text only applications. >You can format 3.5" disks in MesSyDOS format, and refer to >them as drives a: , b: etc.. >It doesn't run any graphics at all, I think. >I'm afraid to say I have forgotten the company that sold it. >I think it was UK based. > >Matt. I have a question for the net; what is the current status of the company that made Transformer? I heard somewhere that a newer version of it was made that handled color and graphics, and ran much faster; it became "PC-Ditto" for the Atari ST. Is this true? Is the company still around? What is the status Transformer's copyright??? I've used it somewhat; it runs Turbo Pascal well enough, which was it's main use, and does have a high degree of compatibility with text-only applications. The main problem it has is that it's sloooooooooow. If you're in the mood for a laugh, try running run of the many performance-testing programs for the PC on it! Pretty dismal, although one program got kind of confused and actually reported a clock speed of 14 Mhz!!! (Something to show an IBM friend when you want to impress him with how fast Amy emulates a PC :-) I rather doubt you can buy this product anymore, but good luck anyway. Hope this helps. -Greg Dunlap -CSUChico <.sig file under construction>