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From: slfields@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Scott L Fields)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: *** IS IT TRUE??? --> AMAX FOR PC ***
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.200530.20942@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 90 20:05:30 GMT
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In article <662@pdxgate.UUCP> jayward@eecs.UUCP (Jay Ward) writes:
>In article <39642@ut-emx.uucp> amiga@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Paul) writes about Amax on the PC:
>>If it is true I'm sure glad that I don't have to write the code! Converting 
>>68000 code to the x86 would not be a fun job! It would also be slow as a dog.
>>The rest of the mac system would be easy to port.
>Considering the current prices of 68000s, it would seem to me the most logical
>way to go about it would be to place a 68000 on a card along with some other
>circuitry as well as the sockets for the Mac ROMs.  Viola!  Instant Mac.
>(With some support software, of course)
Heck, that is the easiest solution. Hardware is not necessarily the hardest part
of the board. Software would be a little tricky if you want it to look and work
good. I believe the most elegant solution would be to use hooks into windows 3
and have the mac display as a window on the IBM side. This could be a really
neat device but the problem is wether it would be cost effective. The board
would most likely cost around $500 and your only likely to get mac+ capability.
That is close to the price you can get a mac+ for. I don't know if it would
really be worth it.