cjp@aber-cs.UUCP (Chris Price) (09/08/89)
I may have missed messages on this subject (in which case apologies,
but on the days when there are several hundred messages here, then my
culling of messages can be over-firm), but does anyone have any
experience with the STacey, and more specifically using it as a Mac?
1) STacey.
I've seen some reviews suggesting that they can be purchased in other
countries now, and *real soon now* in the UK. Has anyone had a demo?
Has anyone succumbed to the charms of portable ST-ing? What's it like
as a machine? - I have 1040s at work and home, so I only want to hear
the differences (I know the drawbacks of a standard ST).
2) MAC emulator
I've seen comments in the past saying that Spectre 128 is OK for
standard Mac software. Has anybody tried plugging one into a STacey?
Does it work OK? Is it unworkable with only one floppy? (MAC
experience says YES).
Where do I get a Spectre kit anyway, and how much? US mail order
addresses and telephone numbers would help, as I don't believe there
are any UK distributors.
Thanks for your help. If you want to mail me direct (it would save
some of that traffic in the news group!), then I'm happy to summarise
findings to the net.
Cheers,
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Chris Price, Department of Computer Science, University College of Wales,
Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 3BZ, United Kingdom.
email: cjp@uk.ac.aber.cs (within UK) cjp@cs.aber.ac.uk (rest of world?)
Telephone: 0970-622444
-------------------------------------------------------------------------jlemon@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Jonathan Lemon) (09/09/89)
In article <1121@aber-cs.UUCP> cjp@aber-cs.UUCP (Chris Price) writes: >2) MAC emulator > >I've seen comments in the past saying that Spectre 128 is OK for >standard Mac software. Has anybody tried plugging one into a STacey? >Does it work OK? Is it unworkable with only one floppy? (MAC >experience says YES). > >Where do I get a Spectre kit anyway, and how much? US mail order >addresses and telephone numbers would help, as I don't believe there >are any UK distributors. Spectre 128 should work with STacey without any problems - I believe that I read/saw somebody using it as a 'portable MAC' at one of the trade shows. You can use it with only one drive, but you had better get a ramdisk. Trying to swap between system and your program disk gets old REAL fast. (just like a mac!) I have a mega2, one drive, (saving for a HD) and can run programs like Aldus Freehand and CricketGraph, while having the system disk contained in a 500K ramdisk or so. I don't think this would work too well on a 1040. Ordering Spectre: Gadgets by Small, Inc. 40 W. Littleton Blvd., #210-211 Littleton, Colorado 80120 (303) 791-6098 #include <standard.disclaimer> -- Jonathan ...ucbvax!cory!jlemon or jlemon@cory.Berkeley.EDU
dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small) (09/11/89)
The base message asks about the STacy as a portable Mac using Spectre 128. Both Spectre 128 and Spectre GCR have been tested on STacy and work fine. Mac disks read/write on STacy without any problems. At the World of Atari show in Detroit, STacy was publicly displayed with Spectre GCR; there's pictures in the US ST-World magazine of same. HiSoft in England has distribution for England; contact them. They're good people. Feel free to email me at hplabs!boulder!tcr!gadgets!dsmall if you have any other questions, okay? I check that machine every couple of days; I'm not as prompt on this Well account. -- thanks, Dave Small / Gadgets by Small
gints@NCoast.ORG (Steve Juhasz) (09/11/89)
In article <1121@aber-cs.UUCP> cjp@aber-cs.UUCP (Chris Price) writes: >I may have missed messages on this subject (in which case apologies, >but on the days when there are several hundred messages here, then my >culling of messages can be over-firm), but does anyone have any >experience with the STacey, and more specifically using it as a Mac? I forgot where I read this, but recently Atari was showing the STacey at a national computer show, and Dave Small showed up, asked to borrow it for a bit, plugged in the Spectre GCR, and blew the minds of every Atari and Macintosh user there. He had just introduced the world's first and by far most inexpensive portable Mac. Things are looking good for the near future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Juhasz gints@ncoast.org ncoast!gints@hal.cwru.edu uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!gints ------------------------------------------------------------------------------