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From: Mitch.Alland@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mitch Alland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Mac Board For Next?
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Date: 3 Nov 90 13:11:32 GMT
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I've heard on the CompuServe Unix forum that there's a company that 
makes a Mac cartridge (board?) for the Atari:
"   I'm the one who posted that earlier message.  The company is Gadgets 
By 
Small, and the designer of the cartridge (called the SPECTRE GCR) is 
Dave 
Small. He went thru a semi-hell developing the whole concept so I 
wouldn't 
recommend that anyone start from scratch, but he may be interested in 
doing a 
NeXT version.  If you think there would be enough of a demand, I could 
give him 
a call and pass along any interest.
   BTW, I showed the cart. to Neil Shapiro, the MAUG sysop and he said 
it was 
the BEST emulation he's ever seen.  We tried it with a variety of 
software and 
he said that except for the lousy ATARI keyboard, he almost forgot he 
wasn't 
using a real MAC.  I think BYTE awarded the product one of their BEST OF 
THE 
YEAR awards.
Endquote
Does anyone know where to contact Dave Small.  Like many people who are 
about to bay a NeXT, I have lots of Mac software that I now run on the 
IIci and that I need to run while I wait until similar programs come out 
for the NeXT OR until I can afford to buy them.  Right now I have to 
keep my Mac IIci if I get a NeXT.  It would be great to be able to get 
a Mac cartridge and sell the IIci and all the tons of software I have.
--Mitch


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