Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlf3.gvl.unisys.com!tredysvr!cellar!revpk From: revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: PC Ditto ? -or- PC Emulation on the ST Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 23:53:45 GMT References: <91142.115339SYSPMZT@GECRDVM1.BITNET> Sender: bbs@cellar.UUCP (The Cellar BBS) Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system Lines: 23 SYSPMZT@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com writes: > > Does anyone have any experience with PC emulation on the ST? Is it fully > compatible with the MS-DOS world, and does it work on early levels of TOS? > Any disk compatability problems (I understand early TOS would not add a > 3 byte identifier to DOS disks) and/or software solutions? Approximate > cost range, and a good place to purchase it? Did I dream that this capabilit > exists? > > Thanks for any and all information and suggestions. > > Phil Z I had the misfortune of buing a PC Ditto board for my ST-- not only didn't the thing fit in my 1040's case, but even attached without a case, the thing simply wouldn't work. Since Avante-Garde has apparently gone out of business, I doubt I'll ever get the worthless thing running. You may consider simply buying a real PC cone-- they're very cheap, and since Intel lost a copyright suit, we can look forward to some price wars over 386s and 486s. Even if you get the Supercharger (an IBM emulator I've heard lots of good things about), you're still tied to the ST-- and upgrade boards and stuff might not always be supported.