hakimian@tek4.wsu.edu (Karl Hakimian - staff) (04/11/91)
Hi, I am looking for information on the current mac emulator(s) for the amiga. Could someone please email me price, compatibility, and which machines are supported. Thanks. Karl Hakimian hakimian@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/13/91)
In article <1991Apr11.134420.29757@serval.net.wsu.edu> hakimian@tek4.wsu.edu (Karl Hakimian - staff) writes: >Hi, > >I am looking for information on the current mac emulator(s) for the >amiga. Could >someone please email me price, compatibility, and which machines are supported. > >Thanks. > >Karl Hakimian >hakimian@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu AMAX I costs about $110, while AMAX II costs about $150. AMAX II+ is rumored to be released in two months, and cost as much as $500. You may need to buy an external floppy drive that is Mac compatible ($150). You will also need Mac ROM chips ($10 - $100). Through mail-order, you will find rom chips for about $100. If you look around at local Mac dealers or repair shops, you can get roms for $10. Do not believe people who insist that it is impossible to get Mac ROMS. AMAX runs on any Amiga that has 1 meg or more. If an Amiga has 512k only, it may have some trouble finding space for the Mac ROMS to store in ram (or whatever it does). As for compatibility, don't expect it to run too many copy protected games. AMAX 1.0 does a bad job with digitized sounds, midi, no hard drives, etc. AMAX 2.0 does this, plus it may also allow networking and stuff. I think it is time for a new compatibility list to go around. I have a Mac and three Amigas, so I will be glad to test some software. Here goes my recent tests: Amiga 1000: not enough memory to run AMAX (it has around 360k). Amiga 500: 2.5 megs, hard drive will be installed in about one hour (I am waiting for the UPS guy to deliver it today). Successfully runs Pagemaker, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Personal Prolog, Math Language, ZTerm, Stuffit Classic, PlaySound, Risk, and a ping pong game. Amiga 3000: AMAX II worked fine in 2.0 and 1.3 modes when it had 2 megs of ram (1 meg chip, 1 meg fast). However, when 4 more megs were added, 2 megs chip and 4 megs fast, it no longer seemed to work. Hard drive partition worked, although I later converted it back to an A3000 data partition since AMAX II decided not to work. Although some software does not run, there are memory options that can be used on the Amiga and AMAX to configure it for different software, which increases compatibility. I have been running system software from 4.1 to 6.02 to 6.05. I do have onbe program that crashed...it was an init file that said FEED ME, from the movie about the man eating plant. -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.