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From: cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Purchase decision, to STe or not?
Summary: IMPOSSIBLE
Message-ID: <993@iceman.jcu.oz>
Date: 1 Oct 90 12:17:26 GMT
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>   (Now I'm just waiting for some obvious STe developements (SPectrum 512 in 
> 640x200 mode, an Amiga Emulator, etc, before I buy mine..)  
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't want to flame here, but there are a few MAJOR problems with
this.

1) You cannot emulate the Amiga video modes in software
2) You cannot stop direct access to amiga chips (done EVERYWHERE in
the operating system and software) without special hardware to
map access to software emulation which would be very difficult    
anyway.
3) DMA and the sound would be hard (impossible?) to trap in software

> JEff


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