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From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Mac Emulator on disk
Message-ID: <3145.276bb1f5@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
Date: 16 Dec 90 22:42:12 GMT
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In article <139800049@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sec20750@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> Pardon me, but will all this Duet talk, it seems that perhaps none of you have
> ever seen AMax on an amiga system.
>
> This alone would be enough reason to go out and buy an Amiga... it emulates
> a mac almost perfectly with no additional hardware!  (one note:  If you have
> moral problems with using a copy of the actual mac ROM in disk form, created
> by a pirate who's name I forget, you will be required to either use the Amax
> similar rom provided legally, or buy the amax card and plug in an actual Mac
> rom that you obtain yourself.  Also a mac drive is necessary to avoid disk
> conversions, buit it's not necessary)...  by the way, full screen mac graphics
> are available in interlace mode.

I hate bringing this up in an Apple newsgroup, but I thought we might as 
well have a well informed group of readers.

The Atari also has a Mac emulator, which is more polished and refined than 
the Amiga one. It allows you to read and write Mac disks without a Mac 
drive, has no problems with putting a Mac partition on your hard drive (a 
must for any sort of Mac work, unless you are very fond of the floppy disk 
shuffle!), runs 20% faster than a Mac plus, and has a 30% larger screen 
than a Mac plus. (640X400) It requires you to buy the Mac ROMS, and checks 
for Eproms. (To keep the pirates out!) But with the low priced Mac classic, 
it would almost make more sense to buy one of them instead of an emulator, 
UNLESS you already have an ST.

> Go buy an amiga... the GS is a lost cause

I would not call the GS a lost cause. If it does everything you want it to 
do, then what else do you want in a system. A GS is a lot like my ST (well, 
my ST is a lot more powerful :*) ), but I do not see me buying another 
computer for the next 3 years. The Amiga is OK, but a little over-priced, 
even with the educational discounts.

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