werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (04/12/89)
Kannst Du mir die Preise bei Euch fuer so ein Ding nennen und was so
alles dabei ist (Hard-/Software) ?
Funktioniert das dann auch mit dem Amiga 2000 Modell A oder mit welchen
Modellen funktioniert es ueberhaupt (A1000, A500, A2000 A, A2000 B) ?
Hello,
a friend in Europe asked me to investigate the details on
Macintosh-emulating devices for the Amiga-line, hardware and/or
software required.
I would appreciate being contacted by readers of this group who either
have a collection of relevant articles or are otherwise able and
willing to provide a few relevant answers and pointers.
Cheers, ---Werner
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ALTERNATIVE: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu OR werner@utastro.UUCPalh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) (04/17/89)
I don't recall the company name (I can find out) but the Mac emulator is due out any day now. It should be under $200 and will run Mac software *faster* than a Mac. To take full advantage of it you should hook a Mac drive up to the expansion box (cartrige). Here's the catch. You need a Mac bios! Good luck on getting one of those (legally). Send me email if you want more detailed info. I can get it. +-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | -Al Harrington //// | Instant Guru BBS | | ________ //// | (916) 488-9278 | | |__/\__| \\\\ //// | 120 Megs - All Amiga! | | \\\X/// | Over 1000 files online | | alh@hprmo.HP.COM \XXX/ | Baud: 1200/2400 Hours: 24 | | ..{hplabs,hp-sde}!hprmo!alh | PCPursuit: CASAC 1200/2400 | +-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | My comments in no way reflect the views or opinions of Hewlett-Packard | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
echarne@orion.cf.uci.edu (Eli B. Charne) (04/18/89)
In article <13240020@hprmokg.HP.COM> alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) writes: >I don't recall the company name (I can find out) but the Mac emulator is >due out any day now. It should be under $200 and will run Mac software >*faster* than a Mac. To take full advantage of it you should hook a Mac >drive up to the expansion box (cartrige). > >Here's the catch. You need a Mac bios! Good luck on getting one of those >(legally). Wait!! I Know!!!! You can buy a new Mac, then rip it a part, put the roms into the emulator, and toss the Mac away (who needs em?)!! Yeah It'd be great... uh. And doing it like that isn't illegal.. ?is it? Actually tho, I would like any information you (or anyone else has) on this emulator. -Eli -- Eli Charne
alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) (04/20/89)
Here's the info I have (I think it's taken from an ad): "A-Max" by ReadySoft. $199 retail. Plugs into external drive port. Needs Mac 64K or 128K ROMS (some applications need the 128K ROMS -- won't work with the 64K ROMS). It will use the Amiga serial and par. ports. Supports 4 or 5 different screen formats (including 640x400 and the mac size 512x345). In order to take full advantage of it and use all the features you'll need a Mac drive (which you can plug into the cartridge). If you do not have a Mac drive you can not format Mac disks. It comes with xfer programs to convert Amiga files to Mac files etc.. It will use all available RAM and it *will not* use the Amiga hard drive. That's about all I have. Check the latest issue of AmigaWorld for the ad. +-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | -Al Harrington //// | Instant Guru BBS | | ________ //// | (916) 488-9278 | | |__/\__| \\\\ //// | 120 Megs - All Amiga! | | \\\X/// | Over 1000 files online | | alh@hprmo.HP.COM \XXX/ | Baud: 1200/2400 Hours: 24 | | ..{hplabs,hp-sde}!hprmo!alh | PCPursuit: CASAC 1200/2400 | +-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | My comments in no way reflect the views or opinions of Hewlett-Packard | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) (04/20/89)
In article <13240020@hprmokg.HP.COM> alh@hprmokg.HP.COM (Al Harrington) writes: >I don't recall the company name (I can find out) but the Mac emulator is >due out any day now. It should be under $200 and will run Mac software >*faster* than a Mac. To take full advantage of it you should hook a Mac >drive up to the expansion box (cartrige). > >Here's the catch. You need a Mac bios! Good luck on getting one of those >(legally). There's another catch, at least according to an ad for A-Max which appeared in a U.K. magazine that I saw this week; the small print in the ad (of which there is a lot) said that while the emulator was running, only the floppy drives were accessible. As far as I'm concerned, that kills the product for me; I want any product like this to work with my hard drive too. I appreciate the problems involved, but nevertheless a floppy-only Mac wouldn't be useful to me. -- Frank Wales, Systems Manager, [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217