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From: ROEDERT@ARIZVM1.BITNET (Timothy Roeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PC Emulators
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Date: 10 Jan 90 18:10:08 GMT
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In article <5970@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs161fca@sdcc10.ucsd.edu ( ) writes:
>
>For little more than $400, you can get a complete XT with a monitor.
>So why spend money of [PC] emulators, anyway?


In reply Phil Woodall writes:
>
>There was recently a query concerning hardware PC emulators on the net, I
>would like to help out a little by offering a reply.
>
>First it was pointed out (and rightly so) that you could pick up a cheap PC
>for $400, however this in itself is a very inefficient solution as:
>
>         i) Who wants more computers than they need, taking up room.
>[stuff deleted]

I would like to add my two-cents' worth to this discussion.  I have used PC-
Ditto extensively since it was first introduced, and am anxiously awaiting
the arrival of PC-Ditto II to my door. (Anyone know the current status of
the product?)

In places where I work (and have worked), PC's are of course dominant.  The
convenience of being able to bring any extra work home is unbeatable.  This
necessitates that I have PC compatibility at home.  However, though clones
are cheap, in the little trailer that I live in their is barely room for ONE
computer system, much less two or three (if I also wanted a Mac).  Therefore,
an emulator that turns my present computer into one (or two!) other computers
is indispensible.

So IMHO emulators are most useful for people who do not have a great deal of
room to spare for multiple computer systems.


Timothy Roeder

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