Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Mac emulator Summary: Mac emulator is possible but not on NeXT yet. Message-ID: Date: 16 Oct 90 20:19:24 GMT References: Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 42 Sorry for the previos post with no text - mail system must be acting funny Well emulators are possible on any platform to simulate any other platform the question is is it economical. The NeXT should be able to emulate a Mac, since a Mac is mostly generic 680x0 hardware. There are emulators on the Amiga and Atari that work very well but, they require a set of Mac ROMs which used to be easy to get and I think still are i.e. find a dead Mac and do a ROM transplant. I don't know why anyone would think that a Mac couldn't be emulated when what you really want is something to run the Mac OS which is most 680x0 hardware with a hand full of TTL, Mac ROMs, and a software driver. I mean if you can get a Mac, Sun Sparcstation, NeXT to run IBM PC software ala SoftPC then why not another machine. BTW SoftPC is in the NeXT catalog and will be available in 1Q91. I also have a question. What about 3rd party drives for a NeXT Station. I want to buy one since I can get the educational price from San Jose State. But the problem is I don't have ~5000.00 for the one with the 340Mb drive. I could get some money for a 3rd party SCSI drive. My other alternative is to use the 386 PC I have as a file server for the NeXT; i.e. get a big, fast drive, an Ethernet card, Tops or something and use the PC as a NeXT server. Will this work?????? Kent. /*************************************************************/ /* */ /* The war on drugs is a joke!!! Why is it that you can't */ /* get a Cuban cigar in the U.S. and you can buy a ROCK of */ /* COCAINE in any city if you look? Also, how come they */ /* never seize any ships bringing the stuff into the */ /* country? Interesting questions? I say somebody is */ /* getting paid! (No flames please, just food for thought.) */ /* */ -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */