Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!apple!uokmax!cbdougla From: cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A talk with an Apple person............ Message-ID: <1990Nov17.023734.7982@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 17 Nov 90 02:37:34 GMT References: <2913.27444614@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 38 In article <2913.27444614@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes: >In article , sk2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Seth D. Kadesh) writes: >> Just wanted to share some stuff with everyone: > >[Stuff Deleted] > >> The LC was a beta machine. It looked really cool, and I was hoping to >> get a chance to play with the //e card, BUT they didn't have the card. >> Major Disappointment. >> >> I did talk to the guy (he was quite friendly). Let's see....among other >> things, he claimed that the //e card for the LC was a real //e, as >> opposed to the hacked (my word - I can't recall what he said) //e >> EMULATION on the GS. I didn't know the GS EMULATES a //e..... >The way I understand it, the 65816 chip thats in the GS has a 6502 >emulation mode that runs the Apple ][ software. The card for the LC must >have a real 65C02 chip on it. It would be the proper way to emulate a >computer. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > o__)\ rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET > / ) RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu > / / ____ R.COLLINS1 (On GEnie) > /(____/__(_) o)_/ > /) [ || ] Atari Computers, > "There is no Substitute." [ || ] They're not just > Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er geniryvat // || \\ for breakfast > gbb pybfr! // || \\ anymore >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ but the 65816 running in 6502 mode is as good or better than a real 65c02. Also, GS users don't have to run a program before they want to use //e stuff. we just put it in a boot. Mac LC users have to run a program first. Collin Douglas cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu