GINGRICH-T@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S. Gingrich) (06/06/90)
>6 Jun 90 02:01:38 GMT n8742883@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Perry Pederson)
I *HIGHLY* recommend the Spectre GCR. It works great & lives up to all it's
advertising copy. (A rare occurance -- especially in the computer industry!!)
The GCR does (with a little fiddling) allow *MOST* ST drives to read &
write Mac disks directly. It depends on your ST & which drive Atari put
in it when it was manufactured. (I'll post more detailed info on this
tomorrow when I can bring my manual in).
You don't *require* a second drive to run a Mac but unless you like to swap
*LOTS* of diskettes I recommend you get a Hard disk drive.
Positive results w/ the emulator
- Mac Write
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Mac Draw
- Super Paint
- HyperCard
- Various Init Docs (On Cue, Pyro, Suitcase II, etc.)
All these programs work flawlessly in Mac emulation mode.
I had trouble with a chess game (?title?) and an adventure game (?title?).
Also, sound emulation is weak (I don't have the latest update of the software).
Last but not least **SUPPORT FOR THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT**
Dave Small takes a personal interest in keeping this product
on the 'edge of the envelope' (his words -- not mine). Software updates are
available on Genie! and possibly Compuserve.
Phone support is excellent (Talk to Dave directly) and when you do have to leave
a message on the answering machine -- he calls back promptly.
Tyler
Disclaimer: The Ohio State University doesn't know (or care) about my opinions
and neither should you!
PS. Any HDD which works with the Atari should work w/ Spectre. You just
assign 1 or more partitions to the Spectre during installation of the
emulator. I will post the phone number for Gadgets by Small ASAP.