MCOHAN@UMASS.BITNET.UUCP (07/12/87)
I got PC Ditto into my store last week. We ran Lotus 1-2-3, Turbo Pascal, Sidekick, GEM :-} , Word Perfect, and a couple of other things on it. The good news is, they all worked perfectly. No problems. The bad news is, it's pretty slow, especially when doing graphics. But, it WORKS. So it's slow, for $89.95, it's a pretty decent clone in my view. Michael Cohan The Computer Bug, Inc. The Hampshire Mall Hadley, MA 01035 phone (413) 584-7722 "Authorized Atari Sales & Service" ------------------------------------------------ "Are you questioning my shredding ability?" -- Oliver North
L9D@PSUVMA.BITNET (11/11/87)
Does anyone know how to get PC-ditto to work with a monochrome monitor? I've
read that a lot of other people are having problems with using monochrome,
and I am wondering if a fix has been made yet?
Sincerely,
Matt Day
schuster@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Schuster) (11/14/87)
In article <24821L9D@PSUVMA> L9D@PSUVMA.BITNET writes: >Does anyone know how to get PC-ditto to work with a monochrome monitor? I've >read that a lot of other people are having problems with using monochrome, >and I am wondering if a fix has been made yet? The current version works only with a color monitor as the packaging states. There is a zap to 'turn on' the screen in a monochrome system but it is NOT a fix and the resulting screen is barely readable. Version 3.0 is at the duplicating house. It features mono support, Microsoft mouse emulation, TOS time/date transfer, bug fixes, etc. To get it -- SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION CARD. -- l\ /l' _ Mike Schuster {sun!hoptoad,cmcl2!phri}!dasys1!schuster l \/ lll/(_ Big Electric Cat schuster@dasys1.UUCP l lll\(_ New York, NY USA DELPHI,GEnie:MSCHUSTER CIS:70346,1745
HAHN_K@DMRHRZ11.BITNET.UUCP (12/04/87)
Date: 4 December 1987, 08:26:30 CET From: HAHN_K at DMRHRZ11 To: INFO-ATARI16 at SCORE Could someone mail me the address of a decent dealer who is able/willing to sell PC-Ditto and to send it to West-Germany? Of course I would snailmail my order and pay via MasterCard. BTW, what are the latest prices for the monochrome-version? Thanks, Klaus. Klaus Hahn Marburg, West-Germany Bitnet: HAHN_K@DMRHRZ11 Bix: K_HAHN
bev2@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Law) (03/19/88)
Please help. One of the reasons we bought pc-ditto (and a 5-1/4" drive) was to play some of the IBM games we already own such as Kings Quest I and the Hobbit. The Hobbit is advertised by pc-ditto as being one of the games you can play on the ST. It is a game where you boot the computer with the disk in the drive. (Not a DOS disk). Well, we have not been able to figure out how to do this using pc-ditto. Has anyone solved this problem and would you care to share the solution with us? Thanks in advance to everyone who helps! Bev Law ihlpg!bev2
patrick@hpmcaa.HP.COM (Patrick Hawke) (01/26/89)
For Sale:
PC-DITTO Ver. 3.01
ST Monochrome Support
Complete Disk, Owners Guide, Keyboard Template, and Binder
$28 - (P&H included, In U.S.)
I used it for Lotus 1-2-3 It worked great!
Now I have a Portable PC and Don't need PC-DITTO.
Patrick Hawke
(503) 434-5122
McMinnville, ORlmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Louis Nau) (01/26/89)
Patrick, If that PC-DITTO that you're selling can support a color monitor (that's all I have),then I'm really interested. Sorry I had to post a response, but the mail I sent bounced no matter how I tried to send it. Please mail me back a response. Thanks, Louis M. Nau lmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) (01/26/89)
In article <707@ur-cc.UUCP>, lmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Louis Nau) writes: > > Patrick, > If that PC-DITTO that you're selling can support a color monitor > (that's all I have),then I'm really interested. Sorry I had to post > a response, but the mail I sent bounced no matter how I tried to > send it. Please mail me back a response. > Thanks, > Louis M. Nau > lmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu I have PC-DITTO. It runs in both color and mono. Howard Johnson ATT-BL lzaz!hcj
patrick@hpmcaa.HP.COM (Patrick Hawke) (01/27/89)
RE: PC-DITTO Thanks to all that responded! PC-DITTO has been sold. I didn't think that there would be that much interest in it? I am also parting with DR. T's Copyist V1.3, No, It is not the latest version but it does work. I selling several items (see pdx.forsale, or.forsale, misc.forsale). Thanks Again to all who called, responded, mailed, ..... PS. DR. T's Copyist - $65 Patrick J. Hawke McMinnville, OR (503) 434-5122
sslee@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Steven Lee) (10/01/89)
I have a friend who installed TOS 1.4 in his system and tried to run PC-Ditto (software version). It responded with "can't run on non-US machine." Does anyone know if Avant Garde released a fix for this? Steven Lee
fly@walt.cc.utexas.edu (neil aggarwal) (10/08/90)
I am looking for someone who has Pc-Ditto (the software emulator that emulates an IBM Pc.) If anyone has this, please e-mail me. I would like to talk with you about it. Thanks in advance.
isodonovan@npe.isnet.inmos.co.uk (10/29/90)
This may well be a silly question based on false assumptions, but here goes...
A friend of mine has recently bought the PC-Ditto software. He had some
trouble obtaining it and has since been led to believe that the producers
have gone bust.
My questions are:
(1) Is it true?
(2) If so, what does this mean for anyone else wanting to buy PC-Ditto
- if there is no one to buy it from does the software slide into
the Public Domain? - or does it simply cease to be available? - or ??
And sort-of related:
(3) Is there a PD PC emulator? (PD-Ditto???)
If it makes any difference, we're in the UK.
Thanks to anyone who can shed any light.
-- Brian
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o---------------o-------------------------------------------------------------ohyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (11/11/90)
In article <118.272c101f@npe.isnet.inmos.co.uk> isodonovan@npe.isnet.inmos.co.uk writes: >A friend of mine has recently bought the PC-Ditto software. He had some >trouble obtaining it and has since been led to believe that the producers >have gone bust. >My questions are: > (1) Is it true? Last we heard, yep, Avant-Garde has gone away. > (2) If so, what does this mean for anyone else wanting to buy PC-Ditto > - if there is no one to buy it from does the software slide into > the Public Domain? - or does it simply cease to be available? - or ?? Copyrights last something like 27 years. Of course, the cynics among you will point out that since the company has vanished, there's no one around who will prosecute you for violating their rights. I think in the case of PC-Dittio it will simply cease to be available. >And sort-of related: > (3) Is there a PD PC emulator? (PD-Ditto???) Probably not. I have written an 8086 simulator, but you need a lot more than that to emulate a PC. (You also need a lot more speed to make it worthwhile...) -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan Mac// - adv., q.v. MacToo, e.g. McHave a McHappy McDay! McThanks, McYou MacToo!
rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) (02/15/91)
(I apologize if this is truly a re-post. However, my original post did not *appear* to be distributed.) Does anyone know if PC-Ditto (the software emulator) works on the TT? If so, does it appear as solid as on an ST? Any idea what the Norton SI rating is? Thanks in advance, Roy C. Gosewehr
iiitih@cybaswan.UUCP (Ivan Izikowitz) (02/18/91)
In article <1991Feb15.154244.25573@digi.lonestar.org> rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) writes: >(I apologize if this is truly a re-post. However, my original post did >not *appear* to be distributed.) > >Does anyone know if PC-Ditto (the software emulator) works on the TT? >If so, does it appear as solid as on an ST? Any idea what the Norton SI >rating is? I had no idea that there was a purely software PC emulator for the ST. I have an STe and would love such a facility - how much does it cost and is it unbearably slow? Ivan Hoe
hojo@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (HC Johnson) (02/20/91)
In article <2303@cybaswan.UUCP>, iiitih@cybaswan.UUCP (Ivan Izikowitz) writes: > In article <1991Feb15.154244.25573@digi.lonestar.org> rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) writes: > > > >Does anyone know if PC-Ditto (the software emulator) works on the TT? > > I had no idea that there was a purely software PC emulator for the ST. I > have an STe and would love such a facility - how much does it cost and > is it unbearably slow? > > Ivan Hoe PC Ditto I is SLOW. But for < $79 its also cheap. While the Norton rating was like 0.2, it works very well. Three examples: 1. My wife took a course on using MultiMate. She had no problem running it on PC-Ditto. Data entry is no problem; the typing interface keeps up nicely. However, she learned quickly to not use the spell checker -- its so cycle intensive it never finished a document before she gave up on it. 2. I hacked PC-Ditto to interface to the Atari CD-ROM. I have no problem extracting files using the MS/DOS programs that are needed to do that. Its not fast, but it works. 3. Several times I've run the Norton utilities to recover files that I had inadvertently removed under TOS. Works great. Unfortunately, the producer of PC-Ditto is out of business, but you may find copies still for sale new. And Used. Howard Johnson ATT BELL LABS att!lzsc!hcj hcj@lzsc.att.com