marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino) (03/21/90)
For a while I was doing application development for the Mac. It was great. MPW provided all the tools I needed and I was one happy programmer. Now I'm working for a printer company and we use all sorts of processors with all kinds of emulators. None of these emulators or their software run on a Mac. I am bummed. We're currently using the 32CG16 from National Semiconductor and a good little processor it is. I just wish the emulator plugged into my cx instead of only clones. I've called around on this particular processor and I couldn't find any other emulators. If Apple is going after the technical market, why don't they start in their own backyard, as it were, electronic development? Even if the market may be relatively small, it would go a long way toward finally convincing other engineers that the Mac is a real, complete computer. I'm already convinced, but the guy who pays my salary is not; not by a long shot. Granted, this may be an esoteric quest in this case, but I think Apple should court the major manufacturers of other processors besides the 68K family, as much as I like it and all. If I could get an emulator and development software that ran on my cx, I could kiss the clone world goodbye and look real efficient in my boss's eyes. Please, Apple, or somebody, help me.