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From: n350bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Duane Fields)
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Subject: Re: SoftPC for the Amiga 3000
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Date: 3 Sep 90 20:21:41 GMT
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Myself and other early amiga owners may remember the "Transformer", a
IBM "soft" emulator like the one you mention.  The transformer is dated
1985 or earlier (I believe) and is thus not "up to par" on current 
programming techniques. In any case, on a 512k machine, it gave you a PC
compatible system w/ all your floppys, no graphics card, and 490k. It
was kind of slow, running about 1 to 2 mHz I would estimate.  This was
under the 68000 of course.  Could you imagine how well an update would work?
Give it 68030 support, HD support, and if possible CGA support. I know
many people who would love an amiga, but are forced to do school work on a PC,
simply because that is what they use in class. Looking at a $600 bridgeboard
doesn't do them any good, since most are on a tight budget.
Imagin the potential of a low-cose, say $100 or so, PC emulator. Even a minimal
upgrade to say 640k and 4.77 mhz without graphics capabilities would be very
usefull.

By the way, I have not been able to make "Transformer" run on the 3000.
If anyone does, PLEASE tell me what you did! thanks.....

Duane Fields