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Subject: Re: IBM emulator
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Date: 27 May 91 09:53:38 GMT
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In article <1991May24.171257.12609@watson.ibm.com> sck@biko.watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) writes:

>   As for saying,
>"Second you use an emulator if you can't buy the original computer. But
>that means that you don't have money: the packages you want to run have
>to be copied (piracy)" 
>   Apart from being bad english, this is totally false. Just because one doesn't

My english is not as good as dutch, but you could read it.

>choose to buy a system instead of emulating it, doesn't mean that they are 
>criminals. I guess I should copy the Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++, Microsoft C, and
>Microsoft Windows that I have and send them back for a refund. I think that you
>are way off base in your allegations, and should carefully consider your responses
>before your let them fly.

I am speaking for in general. Most people have  a plain A500 and don't have the
money to buy expensive packages. There are of course developers with an A3000
and several thousands of dollars to spend on software. The only people who
find the emulators (apart from AMAX) really usefull are those with an A3000 or
68020/68030 boards. On a plain A500 the emulators (again apart from AMAX) aren't
really usefull. They are nice and can bring you back for a moment to the old days but
thats it. 
But if you are a serious IBM developer you should consider 
buying an IBM. I have worked on an 4.77 Mhz IBM which is not suitable for
development using TP. To have some editing speed you need at least a 8 Mhz XT (V30)
or better an AT.

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>Scott C. Kennedy (sck@watson.ibm.com)  | This post does not reflect the intent 
>Distributed High Performance Computing | or actions of my employer, and their 
>IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Facility | actions don't reflect mine either.:)
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