Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.emulations:501 comp.sys.cbm:6570 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations,comp.sys.cbm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!silver!faheyr From: faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bob Fahey) Subject: Re: Commodore 64 Emulator for Amiga Message-ID: Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University References: <1991Mar22.185447.4533@afit.af.mil> <1991Mar25.105148.9892@cc.newcastle.edu.au> Date: 25 Mar 91 03:56:01 GMT Lines: 34 c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Williams) writes: >In article <1991Mar22.185447.4533@afit.af.mil>, dlindsle@afit.af.mil >(David T. Lindsley) writes: >> >> My question is this. I understand that there is at least one c64 >> emulator available for the Amiga. How good is it/are they? Will >> it/they run the 64 programs? I'm mostly concerned about the games, >> since I will probably begin using Amiga "serious" software sooner >> than later. >> >> I guess what I'm asking is, If I buy an Amiga, how much of my 64 >> software do I need to scrap? Or, put another way, how gracefully >> can this migration be done? Remember, we're talking games, graphics, >> and sound. (I saw one earlier posting which suggested that there >> is no sound on c64 emulators. Is this true?) >There are at present two Commodore 64 emulators. One is GO64 (the name >deriving from the fact that on a Commodore 128, to go into 64 mode, the >command GO64 is used), and the other is The 64 Emulator (or some highly >original name along those lines). There is also another emulator available called A64. This is probably the best of all three emulators, IMHO. I haven't really played with it much, since I haven't had a 64 in a number of years, but it appears to function quite well, and it multitasks, too. It's available at your favorite FTP site, and is shareware. For $25 (? I believe), you get an adaptor that allows you to hook up a 1541... | ///| a.k.a. NECR0SIS faheyr@cssun.cs.indiana.edu -or- | | \\\///_| faheyr@silver.ucs.indiana.edu -or- | | \XX/ | M I G A faheyr@rose.ucs.indiana.edu | | "'Ere long done do does did..." - The Smiths | | "...life is seen through the eyes of a dog..." - Skinny Puppy |