jackin@utacs.UTA.FI (Markku M{enp{{) (11/09/89)
I thought I mailed this once allready, but I am not sure
if it got through. Here it is anyway.
In ST-Magazin 11/89 were two PC-emulators compared :
PC-SPEED and SUPERCHARGER.
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SuperCharger
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- NEC V-30 at 8 Mhz
- 512 Kbyte ram (max. 1024 Kb)
- socket for 8087
- CGA-emulation (only this, no herc.)
- MS-DOS 4.01 included (on two 3.5`` disks)
- supports ST-mouse fully
- supports also SLM 804 !
- '' harddisks (AHDI-compatib.)
- connects to DMA (external housing, size of an Atari 3.5'' Drive)
- two DMA-ports (one for ST, the other for HD, SLM etc.)
- reset switch (on the front of housing)
- you can flip between ST/PC via hotkey
- Norton SI 4.2
- price 798 DM (about 380 USD)
Beta Systems Computer AG
Stauenfenstrasse 42
6000 Frankfurt
West-Germany
( tel. 069/1700040)
Reviewers found out that SuperCharger is very compatible. Among tested
programs were dbase 3 +, Flight Simulator 3, all Larrys, 1-2-3, MS-windows,
Norton Utilities 4.0,Turbo-Basic, -Pascal 3.0 & 4.0, -C 1.0, Psion Chess.
All except two games (ChessMaster 2000 and some other) worked.
PC-SPEED
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- NEC V-30 at 8 Mhz
- uses ST-ram (1 Meg ST ;704 Kb free ram + 64 Kb EMS)
- no socket for 8087
- CGA, Herc, Olivetti - emulation (with Hyperscreen FULL Herc-screen)
- no MS-DOS included
- supports harddisks (AHDI, ICD - compatib.)
- goes inside ST
- Norton SI 4.0
- price 598 DM (about 326 USD)
Sack Electronic
Bleichstrasse 49
4792 Bad Lippspringe
West-Germany
(tel. 05252/4290)
PC-SPEED runs about the same programs as SuperCharger (MS-windows
failed). It has more trouble with protected programs (mostly games)
because it's floppydisk-driver isn't as good as SpeedCharger's. Mouse
support ain't that good either. But Graphics emulation is better. No
idea how much free ram with 2 Meg, propably no more than with 1 Meg
(they didn't say).
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Thought you might be interested.
These are availiable in West-Germany now. By the way why don't
you folks in USA get ST-stuff from Europe. There is various ways
to achieve this ( mail is one :-). After all I usually buy my
stuff from the USA (and England and Germany).
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! Markku M{enp{{ ! University of Tampere (in Finland), CS !
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