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From: gdunlap@csuchico.edu (Gregory L. Dunlap)
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Subject: Re: Is there a PC emulator for the Amiga?
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Message-ID: <1990Mar29.222713.21449@csuchico.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 90 22:27:13 GMT
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In article <1990Mar29.022837.1184@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> matth@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Matthew Hannigan) writes:
>From article <97@motto.UUCP>, by kiwi@motto.UUCP (Kyle):
>> I was wondering if there are any PC emulators around for this
>> system. Can anybody help me out there? If there are any, how would I get
>
>There was a program called Transformer that emulated a PC.
>
>> hold of one, and how PC compatible is it?
>
>Its seems about 90% compatible for text only applications.
>You can format 3.5" disks in MesSyDOS format, and refer to
>them as drives a: , b: etc..
>It doesn't run any graphics at all, I think.
>I'm afraid to say I have forgotten the company that sold it.
>I think it was UK based.
>
>Matt.

     I have a question for the net; what is the current status of the company
that made Transformer?  I heard somewhere that a newer version of it was made
that handled color and graphics, and ran much faster; it became "PC-Ditto" for
the Atari ST. Is this true?  Is the company still around?  What is the status
Transformer's copyright???  
     I've used it somewhat; it runs Turbo Pascal well enough, which was it's
main use, and does have a high degree of compatibility with text-only
applications.  The main problem it has is that it's sloooooooooow. If you're
in the mood for a laugh, try running run of the many performance-testing
programs for the PC on it! Pretty dismal, although one program got kind of
confused and actually reported a clock speed of 14 Mhz!!! (Something to show
an IBM friend when you want to impress him with how fast Amy emulates a PC :-)
     I rather doubt you can buy this product anymore, but good luck anyway.
Hope this helps.

-Greg Dunlap
-CSUChico

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