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From: daved@cscnj.csc.COM (Dave Douglass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Ever heard of a mac emulator?
Summary: fate of the Magic Sac
Message-ID: <451@cscnj.csc.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 89 15:30:55 GMT
References: <23793@sequent.UUCP> <3492@ur-cc.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Computer Sciences Corp., Piscataway NJ
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In article <3492@ur-cc.UUCP>, pmjc@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Pam Arnold) writes:
> 
> You may recall the fate of the 'Magic Sac', which was a product that
> allowed Atari ST owners to run Mac software.
> 
> PAA

The demise of the 'Magic Sac' had nothing to do with Apple.  David Small
(the inventor of the Sac) left Data Pacific, Inc. (the company he started)
to move on to 'other projects'.  The result of his first other project
made the Magic Sac obsolete.

He currently owns and operates Gadgets by Small, Inc., makers of the
Spectre GCR.  This devices allows an Atari ST computer to emulate a
Mac Plus (128K ROMs) right down to using Mac floppys in the Atari drives.

There have been several long threads discussing the merits of a laptop Mac
vs. a laptop ST w/Spectre in comp.sys.atari.st and comp.sys.mac.

I'm not affiliated with Gadgets by Small, Inc. in any way except as a
Spectre 128 (no floppy drive emulation) owner.  But if Dave wants to
send me a free GCR in return for this plug, I won't refuse it.

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Dave Douglass  Computer Sciences Corporation  Piscataway, NJ  08854
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