Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!bionet!ames!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!jlemon From: jlemon@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Jonathan Lemon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: STacey as a MAC Keywords: portable ST; MAC; Message-ID: <16986@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 9 Sep 89 00:00:37 GMT References: <1121@aber-cs.UUCP> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: jlemon@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Jonathan Lemon) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 30 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 -- Jonathan ...ucbvax!cory!jlemon or jlemon@cory.Berkeley.EDU