csrobe@nh.UUCP (Chip Roberson) (10/18/87)
i've tried a couple of times to get something from UHACE and i have yet to hear a word. (my first attempt was over a month ago!) how does one on the usenet or arpanet get stuff from them? anyway, i promised a friend that i would get the AMIGA emultor that UHACE says they have in their archives. could someone send me a copy. a uuencoded ARC file would be fine. adTHANKSvance, -chip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chip Roberson ARPANET: csrobe@icase.arpa 1105 London Company Way BITNET: $csrobe@wmmvs.bitnet Williamsburg, VA 23185 UUCP: ...!uunet!pyrdc!gmu90x!wmcs!csrobe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *(*please note change in UUCP address ^^^^^^^^^^^ seismo is gone*)*
frankg@nikhefk.UUCP (Frank Geerling) (10/18/87)
In article <8710180439.AA06043@nh.wmcs.uucp> csrobe@nh.UUCP (Chip Roberson) writes: >UHACE says they have in their archives. could someone send me a copy. >a uuencoded ARC file would be fine. Frank Geerling (frankg@nikhefk.uucp) Usenet: {seismo, philabs, decvax}!mcvax!frankg@nikhefk Normal mail: Frank Geerling NIKHEF-K (PIMU) Postbus 4395 1009 AJ Amsterdam The Netherlands
frankg@nikhefk.UUCP (Frank Geerling) (10/18/87)
Sorry I forgot to ask to send me a copy by email (arced uuencoded).
Thanx Frank
Frank Geerling
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The Netherlandscharles@mnetor.UUCP (Charles Benaiah) (10/19/87)
In article <8710180439.AA06043@nh.wmcs.uucp> csrobe@nh.UUCP (Chip Roberson) writes: >i've tried a couple of times to get something from UHACE and i have yet >to hear a word. (my first attempt was over a month ago!) how does one >on the usenet or arpanet get stuff from them? > >anyway, i promised a friend that i would get the AMIGA emultor that >UHACE says they have in their archives. could someone send me a copy. >a uuencoded ARC file would be fine. If an Amiga emulator does exist could someone send me a copy also. thanks in Advance.
c9c-eh@dorothy.Berkeley.EDU (Warner Young (WHY)) (10/20/87)
Could someone who has it send me a copy, too? I find it hard to believe that the ST can emulate an Amiga with reasonable speed, so I'll wait until I get this to see. Thanks, Warner Young
davidli@umn-cs.UUCP (Dave Meile) (10/20/87)
Folks, the "Amiga Emulator" is a joke program, ok? You get a very nice copy of an Amiga screen, then you can run an "ST emulator on the Amiga", which of course produces ... Well. If no-one has posted it to the net in a week, I'll consider doing so, since I have BITNET access on another computer ... -- Dave Meile
markv@uoregon.UUCP (Mark VandeWettering) (10/21/87)
Reply-To:kevin@kjvw (Kevin VandeWettering) If such a thing as an Amiga emulator does exist, I think probably everyone would want a copy, if it isn't posted to the net soon, I would really appreciate a uuencoded archive of it myself. I have a BBS and would certainly post it. Thanks Kevin VandeWettering (kevin@kjvw, tektronix!teksce!bucket!kjvw!kevin) Smiley BBS (503)591-0379
ljdickey@water.UUCP (10/21/87)
In article <265@nikhefk.UUCP> frankg@nikhefk.UUCP (Frank Geerling) writes: >Sorry I forgot to ask to send me a copy by email (arced uuencoded). > Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place where someone could post this! Then lots of folks would not have to ask to have it mailed to them. There should be a group for this... I propose that we have such a group. One of these names comp.binaries.atari.st comp.sources.atari.st might be appropriate for posting such things. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@watmath.UUCP UUCP: ...!uunet!watmath!ljdickey ljdickey%water@waterloo.edu ljdickey@watdcs.BITNET ljdickey%water%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA
jlm@comvme.UUCP (Jeff Morris) (10/21/87)
I beleive that I saw this "emulator" one time. It puts up a guru meditation and hangs the machine. JLM -- Jeffrey L. Morris seismo!noao!mcdsun!nud!comvme!jlm (602)438-5900 ihnp4!mot!nud!comvme!jlm
sansom@trwrb.UUCP (Richard Sansom) (10/21/87)
In article <4470@zen.berkeley.edu> c9c-eh@dorothy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Warner Young (WHY)) writes: > > Could someone who has it send me a copy, too? I find it hard to >believe that the ST can emulate an Amiga with reasonable speed, so I'll >wait until I get this to see. The "Amiga emulator" was a joke - it gave you a display which looked like the Amiga's (maybe a bit clearer on the SC1224 ;-) but didn't "do" anything except give you a couple of gurus when you tried to execute anything. -Rich -- Richard E. Sansom TRW Space & Defense, Redondo Beach, CA {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!sansom
jjoshua@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan Joshua) (10/21/87)
The Amiga emulator shows a very shaky copy of the amiga screen. After the machine is touched, the screen goes wacky and you are prompted to inseert a new version of the workbench. It is quite worthless. rutgers!jjoshua@topaz Yes, I am new here.
jafischer@tiger.UUCP (10/21/87)
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I'm fairly certain that this 'emulator' is the same one that was
discussed about 6 months ago (ironically, around April 1). I've seen it
since then, and can confirm that it's simply a humourous spoof. A couple
of funny effects, and that's it. Not really worth posting to Usenet
(it's 30 or 40K); look on local BBSs.
I felt I ought to reply to this before some Amiga user got on a
high horse about it -- goodness knows they did enough of that last time
around. Not that it isn't justified, though; _really_ emulating an
Amiga on the ST, given the hardware differences, ... well, no sense
starting another discussion.
--
- Jonathan A. Fischer
jafischer@lion.waterloo.edu
...{ihnp4,allegra,decvax,utzoo,utcsri}!watmath!watdragon!watlion!jafischertrb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) (10/21/87)
The Amiga Emulator that has been floating around for the last 8 months is just a very nicely done 'pop-up' picture of the amiga desktop and (I think) a few screens...it was just a joke guys. -Todd Burkey
engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) (10/22/87)
The amiga emulator (in the same way as the amiga's ST emulator) is a joke.
All it does is simulate a flickering (from the interlace) desktop which
immediately bombs (gurus ?) when you touch a key or the mouse. Sorry.
Adam Engst
engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.educsrobe@nh.UUCP (Call me Mudd) (10/22/87)
Ok, i'll admit it i fell for it. i really thought someone, took
the time to write something that tried to emulate the Amiga in
a semi-respectable fashion. BOY WAS I WRONG! For those of you
who are interested in getting this thing, don't. Here's why...
---begin AMIGA_EM.DOC---
AMIGA_EM.DOC Philip I. Nelson 1987
As you've no doubt guessed, AMIGA_EM.PRG is a joke, not a serious
attempt to emulate an Amiga on the Atari ST. On the plus side,
AMIGA_EM.PRG is a free program; you may give a copy to anyone,
provided that you don't change the program in any way.
AMIGA_EM.PRG is written in assembly language and it includes
several actual Amiga screens. To save space, the screens are
stored in compressed format and uncompressed as needed. Needless
to say, this is not a well-behaved GEM application; you can't use
desk accessories, dump the screen with Alt-Help, or behave in
other un-Amigalike ways.
You must run AMIGA_EM.PRG in medium resolution on a color
monitor.
After a brief sojourn in the startup screen (click in the
Emulate box or press Return if you're in doubt about what to do),
you arrive in the Workbench screen. You can move the Workbench
window by clicking and dragging the drag bar at the top of the
window. To exit the emulator and return to the ST desktop (at your
peril, I might add), click in the close gadget in the upper left
corner of the Workbench window.
Like much commercial software, AMIGA_EM.PRG is not finished
and it does not perform as advertised (or as hoped by the
foolish). Only three of the tools shown in the Workbench window
are functional. (The Trashcan does nothing. How many Amiga files
do you need to discard, anyway? Think about it.)
If you click on the Preferences tool, you flip to the
Preferences screen, which looks impressive and may convince the
ignorant among your onlookers that you really are running an
Amiga. Sadly, nothing on this screen works except the Cancel box.
In the Workbench window is an 'Atari ST Emulator' tool. Some
of the results of using this tool will be familiar to ST
programmers. Amiga programmers may recognize one or few details,
too.
If you click on the AmigaBASIC tool, you go, naturally
enough, to the Microsoft AmigaBASIC screen. Conveniently, someone
already has loaded a program (a purported ST emulator) into BASIC,
typed the command 'run,' and positioned the cursor immediately
after that command in the BASIC Output window. If you're not
curious about this situation, you can click in the Output window's
close gadget and return to the Workbench. To learn what it's like
to run an ST emulator from within an Amiga emulator, press the
Return key. After that, you're on your own.
---end AMIGA_EM.DOC---
i guess i should have know that no one would really try to emulate
the Amiga anyway. well, we (the ST) could not offer ANY multi-tasking
support now could we? nor, could we support some of their custom
sound (or could we? midi?). oh well, i suppose i only wanted an
Amiga-like environment.
Now, i have to go tell the guy that wanted it, that it was just a
farce. JOY!
-chip
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*(*please note change in UUCP address ^^^^^^^^^^^ seismo is gone*)*netoprhm@ncsuvm.bitnet.UUCP (10/22/87)
Why would want such a thing? Is there something wrong with Atari's OS?
;-)
Hal "
bruce@ektools.UUCP (Bruce D. Nelson ) (10/23/87)
The only "Amiga Emulator" I've seen is a simulation of an Amiga screen crashing. It appeared around 1 April. Bruce D. Nelson | UUCP: ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!ektools!bruce Eastman Kodak Company | Voice: 716-726-7890 901 Elmgrove Road | Company Mail: Dept 420 Technical Support Services Rochester, NY 14650 |