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From: jeremym@brahms.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Macintosh emulation
Keywords: Amiga, Macintosh, Emulation
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Date: 6 Feb 91 19:57:01 GMT
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In article <1991Feb6.175526.11323@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes:

>	There exist, for both the Atari Mac Emulator and the Amiga Mac
>Emulator, pirate-modified versions that read the ROM code from disk.
>In other words, they've dumped the ROM to a disk file, and use -that-,
>as opposed to the actual ROM chips.

Yes, yes yes.... it's true that they DO exist. I should know, I've
seen them in action...  Besides which there are some serious
limitations of not BUYING the Amax hardware.

AMAX works as such... it has two formats of reading disks. The first
is done with the AMAX hardware and the ROMS and an APPLE MAC drive..
With this setup, you can read, write, move, etc, etc everything Mac..
It's great..

The other format, is as such. Once a MAC program is in memory, it can be 
written into AMAX format. that is, which MACINTOSH programs WORK
SOELY in AMIGA drives. ie: Mac program, written in AMAX format...
 
Get it?

Without the hardware, the reading of a disk right out of a genuine mac
is impossible. If you have the hacked-in AMAX version, you cannot
use Macintosh disks hot outta the mac... they have to be converted - 
either by uploading and downloading them, of by null modem - both,
which must be time consuming and the like...

They *DO* exist, granted.. but the thing to remember is *COMPATIBILITY*..
THE COMPATIBILITY factor without the hardware and roms is limited, because
you cant for instance, write a program on AMAX and give the disk
to your MacinBuddy... It wont happen. 

It has to be converted, etc etc - and I dont think too many people will
actually go thru the trouble of converting stuff thru modem or cable
EACH TIME They wish to yap with a real mac... it's a pain in the butt.

If you have any questions about AMAX, i'd be glad to answer them to
clear this up...
 
Monitor of comp.sys.amiga.emulations
-jeremy	








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