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From: jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova)
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Subject: Re: Apple to Mac
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Date: 24 Aug 90 15:03:36 GMT
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In article <454DECCD519F202860@snybufva.bitnet> NOWAKO09@SNYBUFVA.BITNET (APPLE //GS - THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST) writes:
>From:   SBUFVA::NOWAKO09     "APPLE //GS - THE POWER TO BE YOUR BEST" 22-AUG-199
>0
>   11:37:01.90
>To:     BITNET%"apple2-l@brownvm"
>CC:     NOWAKO09
>Subj:   Apple to Mac
>
>Howdy!
>
>        I have a tech question, there is a card for the Amiga called
>A-Max (I believe) that allows it to emulate the Macintosh, my question is
>this - could this card be used with the //gs? Assuming the edge connector
>was adapted to the //gs's internal slot size? If not, why not? It sure
>would be nice if it could!
>                                        Joe Nowakowski
>                                        Nowako09@Snybufva (bitnet)

The A-Max card only exists to hold the Macintosh Rom's which you must buy
somewhere. Pirated versions of A-Max have the Mac ROM image on disk, and
therefore don't require the card.

Other than that, A-Max works on the Amiga because both it and the Mac share
the same processor (68000), and the Amiga can directly execute Mac code
(via some ROM modifications to map video around, etc.).  The GS can't execute
Mac code, so you're out of luck.


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