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From: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macinstuff
Message-ID: <22020@gryphon.COM>
Date: 9 Nov 89 13:10:43 GMT
References: <1989Nov7.101219.29893@rpi.edu>
Reply-To: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <1989Nov7.101219.29893@rpi.edu> kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes:
>A few questions on configuring the Amiga as a Macintoaster.
>
>First of all, I've heard of some product called "Amigatosh Plus". What
>exactly is this and how does it compare with Amax, assuming that it's
>actually an emulator? I'm hoping to come by a GVP Impact hard drive

The Amig-a-tosh Plus is a product by MAST Technologies.  What they
did is simply this:  They took a Mac drive, combined an Amiga drive 
interface and a ReadySoft AMAX cratridge and combined them all into one
box.  You still need the AMAX software and the Mac ROMS.  It's just
AMAX in a neater package, nothing different.  

For using AMAX with a HD, see AMAX 2 coming RSN.

>
>Second, how does one hook a Mac drive up to the Amiga? Everyone tells
>me it's a lot easier to run Mac software under Amax with a drive. Does
>Amax have an extra port for a Mac drive or something, or does it come

 The Readysoft AMAX adapter cartridge plugs into the Amiga's external
disk drive port, or into an external drive that gives it power.  The adpater
cart has an Amiga drive passthru, as well as an Mac drive plug on it.
It accepts the newer-style DB connectors, not the earlier DIN.

>
>Finally, on an amusing note, I hear from a local BBS echo that Amax
>has been cracked into a purely-software version by some random pirates
>(ie you de-warp a couple disks and you've got a Mac). I think this is

Nope, that's not quite what they did.  There's a program out called
MacRom, by John Draper AKA Cap'n Crunch.  What it does is make an image
file of the Mac ROMS on disk, then, IF you run MacRom before loading
AMAX, you can force AMAX to use the disk ROM instead of the real,live
cart ROM.  This costs you 128K of memory though, since the disk ROM image
must be resident before the Mac system takes over.
 
It's not intended to pirate AMAX, and those that use it in such a fashion
lose the ability to use a Mac drive, which makes the program extremely
hard to use (no comments here about friends that have AMAX...and no
piracy flames please!)

John 

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