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From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee)
Subject: Re: Three questions about Amax II
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In article <1991May14.133850.13672@engin.umich.edu> chymes@geneva.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) writes:
>1) Does it work on the A3000 flawlessly?

It works just as well if not better on my A3000 than my A2000.  All
productivity tools I have tried that work on a Macintosh II (Microsoft Word,
MacDrawII, Hypercard, etc.) work fine.  Some (older) games require that I
set my screen to the original Macintosh's screen size.  Some games and
programs (e.g., disk tools) that go directly to hardware don't work.  Some
users have claimed here that some disk sector editors do work.

My setup: A3000-25/50 with 1MB Chip, 1MB 32-bit Fast, 4MB 16-bit Fast
(temporary, until I can buy 1Mx4 SCRAMs), one internal floppy, 50MB internal
HD, 150MB external HD, running WB 2.02, AMaxII with Apple 128K ROMs, one
external Macintosh drive, running System 6.0.2, MultiFinder 6.0.1.

>2) Does it support the serial port on the A3000? How about multipe
>	serial  ports?

Yes; no.  It supports the Amiga's serial and parallel port as the
Macintosh's model and printer ports (user-selectable) with optional
AppleWriterII emulation on Epson-compatible printers.  Terminal programs
work fine--I have even used Prodigy under AMaxII with no problems.  I
don't think multiple serial ports are supported.

>3) Does it support the hard and floppy drives on the A3000?

Yes.  AMaxII supports multiple dedicated hard disk partitions (doesn't have
to be entire drives).  The Amiga's flopppy drives are available under AMax
but are "AMax format" which is not compatible with either AmigaDOS or
Macintosh format, but appears to applications indistinguishable from 800K
double-sided Macintosh floppies.  A generic external Macintosh flopppy drive
is supported for reading/writing Macintosh format directly.  Macintosh
harddrives attach directly with no setup (as usual, their SCSI ID's can't
conflict with SCSI devices already attached to your Amiga.)

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