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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: An Emulator for the Amiga
Message-ID: <21445@usc.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 89 05:08:12 GMT
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In article <835@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>In <21427@usc.edu>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>>In article <13259@merrimack.edu> AIN14994@merrimack.edu writes:
>>>Does a VT240 or similar emulator exist for the Amiga?
>>
>>The answer is NO. It will stay that way unless CBM decides that a VT240
>>emulator is a 'strategic' product for the Amiga.
>
>Or unless someone else decides they want to write one, neh?

Sure. But to give you an idea of the effort involved, may I suggest that
you pick up a VT240 (or VT340) Programmer's Manual.  Not something you want 
to embark on just as a moonlighting job, with no money up front.  There is 
one VT240 emulator for the Mac and about 3 for the PC.  All of them have 
been produced by major companies, larger than any of the Amiga companies
(except for WordPerfect, Inc.).  But the MAJOR hurdle to justifying
such an effort is that it isn't clear whether Commodore sees that market
as strategic for the Amiga, and even then whether the Amiga can make it as
a business tool. I don't disagree that it is possibly a chicken-and-egg
type of problem.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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