Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Mac emulating Amiga Message-ID: <1991Apr2.190046.26334@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 19:00:46 GMT References: <9104012131.AA03364@covax.co.iup.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 18 In article <9104012131.AA03364@covax.co.iup.edu> student@COVAX.CO.IUP.EDU (student) writes: > Whoever seriously considers an Amiga emulator on a Mac likely knows > very little about both the hardware and software of both systems. Yep. > The reason AMAX exists is the inherent simplicity of the Mac's OS. No, the simplicity of the Mac's hardware. The Mac's O/S is amazingly complex, given how little it does. > What about the Amiga's hardware multitasking? How can the Mac properly > emulate multitasking when it can't even do it right with its own OS?! Since it wouldn't be running its own O/S, who cares? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .