hauer@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Corey Hauer) (09/30/90)
Subject: A-Max for the NeXT? Newsgroups: comp.sys.next I would like to know if a product like A-Max for the Amiga would be possible on the NeXT. I think that a NeXT and this product would make it possible for NeXT to take away much more of Apple's market share. Imagine a machine with the power of the NeXT AND the 1000's of macintosh applications available. I know the Amiga version of this product costs less than $200, but you must purchase a legal set of 128k mac ROMs which seem to be readily available. This would make an 040 pseudo-mac less than $4000.00. I am very unfamiliar with NeXT programing, but from what I've heard, the development time is far less than other platforms. Opinions? Corey Hauer hauer@ecn.purdue.edu
acs020@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (acs020) (09/30/90)
Interestingly enough in the Amiga Pirate world A-Max comes with a software version of the ROM... on disk. facinating to just stick in a disk and then see your Amiga turn into a Mac in 30 secs. !!
cyliao@hardy.u.washington.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) (09/30/90)
In article <9009292029.AA07530@en.ecn.purdue.edu> hauer@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Corey Hauer) writes: > >Subject: A-Max for the NeXT? >Newsgroups: comp.sys.next > >I would like to know if a product like A-Max for the Amiga would be possible >on the NeXT. I think that a NeXT and this product would make it possible for >NeXT to take away much more of Apple's market share. Imagine a machine with >the power of the NeXT AND the 1000's of macintosh applications available. I >know the Amiga version of this product costs less than $200, but you must >purchase a legal set of 128k mac ROMs which seem to be readily available. >This would make an 040 pseudo-mac less than $4000.00. I am very unfamiliar >with NeXT programing, but from what I've heard, the development time is far >less than other platforms. > >Opinions? I am not very familiar with low-end Macs, if the Mac plus can run most of the "1000's of machintosh applications", how about get one of those $499 macplus and connect it to your NeXT via serial port? The "DataViz" is boubdled with NeXT so file transfering shouldn't be hard. And after all, it IS 100% Mac if anyone doubt about an emulator (such as A-Max) is not very compatible. cyliao@wam.umd.edu o NeXT : I put main frame power on two chips. @epsl.umd.edu o people: We put main flame power on two guys. @bagend.eng.umd.edu o :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx (reserved) o RC + Apple // + Classic Music + NeXT = cyliao