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From: ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 on an IBM card?
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.011335.6017@pimacc.pima.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 08:13:35 GMT
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In article <91108.001753JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu>, JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> If you want to run your C64 software on another machine then buy an Amiga guys.
> Several emulators exist that run C64 stuff.  You can even emulate your IBM and
> have the same compatibility that your would get from a IBM-Clone.  It takes a s
> uperior machine to effectively emulate another machine, the Amiga is what will
> do it for you.  If you love you Commodore 64 so much then why did you leave
> Commodore?
> What's next on Ami's long list of emulations?  Perhaps the NeXT?
> 
> 
> Jason Koszarsky, JBK4@PSUVM
Trouble is , all the c64 emulators are real dogs! Every one I tried was, put it
charitably, painfully slow. There are some add-on cards for the 2000 avail.
from Europe but they cost almost as much as a new C64! The 2000, even with an
AT bridge is still a dog & an expensive one to boot! You need a VGA card for
real quality & that means a multi-sync monitor since the standard Amiga monitor
can't handle VGA. Also with a 12 or 16 mz AT bridge the 7 mz Amiga has trouble
keeping up with it's share of the load. Then there's the expense. When I saw
what the whole package would cost me I gave up any hope & just bought an AT
clone.

 The reason I left Commodore so readily was because I came to the conclusion
that it is a hopelessly screwed up company with the executive musical chairs &
all. Their whole corporate attitude just turned me off. Alot of the 'clone'
outfits are small companies that still seem to care. I wouldn't deal with IBM
itself either for that matter.

 All in all my decision hasn't worked out too badly. As it turns out, everthing
I really want on the Amiga comes out in IBM & usually first, while alot of the
IBM stuff, especially Microprose & Origin, doesn't seemed destined to ever see
an Amiga version.

 One last thing, how did most of you cope with the irritating flicker! I was
over at a friends & I could hardly stand it! It didn't seem to bother him
though.

PHIL