Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!MACALSTR.EDU!SHBOUM From: SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: AE PC Transporter Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 91 07:57:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 29 A lot of critizism has been said about AE's PC Transporter. Technology wise, its a brilliant piece of work for the Apple II. However, on the other hand, it is a very poorly designed product for the Apple II. For starters, it can't use a joystick. Secondly, the CGA graphics are "hard wired" into the card and cannot be modified without an overhaul of the card - as well as the processor itself. Despite all this inflexibility, it does run IBM software, and does a very good job at linking the two lines together. Although you'd have to be a masochist to do it, Windows 3.0 does run under the PC Transporter. Unfortuantly, AE doesn't feel that the Apple II market is large enough to fund a project to enhance the card. Since they didn't design it, I don't blame them either. As the card stands right now, I wouldn't buy it at the price they are asking for it, although it would be a nice feature to have. But it just goes to show you that you should really research any product that you are going to spend any considerable amount of money on. Finaly, I would like to add that I have heard that AE has had some considerable hardware failure problems lately. I really can't verify if this is true or not, but there have been a lot of upset AE owners on both the BBS's as well as the on-line services. And for the higher prices that AE asks for, it might be something that you'd want to think about before buying one of their products. {Although I believe that their Sonic Blaster is a really good card so at least that is a safe buy!} | Hal Bouma | Send mail to: SHBoum@Macalstr.edu | Macalester College | and SHBoum@Macalstr.Bitnet | GEnie: H.Bouma | ".Sig Under Construction..."