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From: relsum@ismdqa.intel.com (Reliability Summary )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: ibm pc emulation
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Date: 1 Feb 91 10:52:15 GMT
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I think software emulation is great for users who occasionaly need ibmpc software
to do a job. Low investment against hardware emulation which will become a white
elephant. I'm proposing for an application compiler which convert object program
of pc to 68000 amiga application. i bet it will run faster than Transformer and
do not has the hassle of booting up msdos. it will even multi-task. I think such
a compiler exist in the form of XDOS for 680XX-based UNIX systems. Early 1989
issue of IEEE Spectrum mention about XDOS and give some of its working concept.
Any taker for such a project? What about the legal aspect for converting
commercial program such as dBase IV or exel?

-kkb

kbkoh@a1acc1.intel.com