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From: mrush@csuchico.edu (Matt "C P." Rush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Apple ][ card for Amiga (was: Re: SoftPC for the Amiga 3000)
Message-ID: <1990Sep03.213017.21090@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: 3 Sep 90 21:30:17 GMT
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In article <2178@bambam.UUCP> pashdown@shotput.es.com@bambam.UUCP (Pete Ashdown) writes:
	[Good idea about encouraging SoftPC port to Amiga deleted]
>
>In addition, Apple is busily working on producing an Apple II on a card for
>their Mac's.  The idea is that they are going to upgrade all the schools to
>Mac's without losing the Apple education platform.  WHAT IF Commodore
>contacted Laser about licensing their Apple II compatible ROMS and then

	How compatible were Laser's ROMs?  Since ROM jumping was a standard
programming practice on the Apple ][ I wouldn't expect anything to run on 
less than the REAL ROMs.  I always figured that Laser was just buying ROMs
from Apple (or making the buyer get his own)...

>produced a II emulator as well.  Its almost scary to think about how
>Apple's rug could be pulled out from underneath them.

	The big problem with this is that you can buy a really NICELY LOADED
Apple ][ system used for well under $300.  So such an emulator is really only
going to make it if they can have it run a the FULL speed of an Apple ][,
include TWO disk drives (5.25") and do LANGUGE CARD emulation for a similar
under-$300 price.  It would be a FUN toy, but not a sound product idea (of
course the BridgeCard sold....).

	I don't think this is any too likely from CBM (maybe Apple since they
own the ROMs already).  Besides, with the advent of the A3000 (and the
popularity of accelrators for the 500/1000/2000) SOFTWARE emulation works
within acceptable limits for most non-game Apple Programs (though multitasking
goes out the window with the idle-looping inherent in the Apple :-(.

>
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	-- Matt

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