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From: chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: AMAX II questions...
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.101528@zork.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 14:15:28 GMT
Sender: usenet@bingsun2.cc.binghamton.edu (Mr News)
Reply-To: chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck)
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I've seen alot of messages about AMAX II lately and it's made me become
VERY interested in this product.  But, I've a few simple questions about
it...
-How does it work?  I know that it's a hardware/software product - you
plug the ROMS (which you purchase separatly) into a cartidge that
connects to the external disk port(??).  Then I assume you run some
Amiga program to boot into Mac mode.  At this point I'm confused....  
Does A-Max come with the Mac System disk or do I have to purchase one
separately???  Can I boot from a standard Mac system disk (without an
Amig-a-tosh disk)?  Can I read Mac disks with A-Max without a Mac disk
drive? If not, how do I get software from a Mac to A-Max?  The product
looks interesting for around $240 (AMAX II and the ROMS) - but - if I
have to shell out another $170 for a disk drive I'm a little leary (used
macs are pretty cheap).  I've read that they provide support for hard
drives - is the Commodore A590 supported (if so - do I have to create a
special partition for Amax, and are the utilities and device drivers
provided to do so)?  Can I run multitask between Amiga software and
Amax???

-thanks (i hope)
-chris

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chris@zork.cc.binghamton.edu	    Chris Peck
chris@bingvaxa.bitnet		    SUNY Binghamton, NY
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