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Subject: Re: A question to gameboy/lynx emulators !
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Date: 2 May 91 02:56:59 GMT
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	I've had a chance to use the Lynx DevSys that you are speaking about
and here is the low-down on it.  It is usaully an A2000, with a device
called a howard board that uses the amiga's parallel port to control
the howard.  The Howard board allows breakpoints, rom simulation and
a number of other neat features, so it is basically a big board that
completely takes over the 4 Mhz 6502 and coprocessors.  Software 
exists that was written for the Handy (The name of the Lynx when
epyx owned it.) that allows debugging, assembly, up/downloading,
IFF conversion, etc. for the Lynx.  Its a dream for programming.
	The reason the AMIGA was chosen was because RJ Mical, Dave Needle,
etc. were the people who designed the Handy hardware.  What would they
pick but a computer they helped create?  It is no longer being ported
to any other system, (it was going to go to an ST, but they gave up).
However, their new PANTHER game system uses a TT for developmental
purposes, but that DevSys seems rather broken -- and the developers
love the AMIGA.  People a little higher up in ATARI are quite 
embarassed by the situation.                Ryan Brooks