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From: tcamp@ecsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Current Status of ST Emulation Packages
Message-ID: <3423@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 20:11:33 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 17 20:11:33 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 19-Jun-87 05:37:10 EDT
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I'm a relativve newcomer to this newsgroup, although I have gone
through some of the news available on our Unix system.  I wondered
if someone could give a comprehensive update on the availability
of emulation packages on the ST computers (or, at least, fill in
whatever information you may have).  

I'd be interested in the following and other emulation systems:

(a) I understand the Atari Corp. has released a CP/M emulation 
package into the p.d.  I presume that this utilizes the on-board
DEC VT52 terminal emulation, so that CP/M packages could be installed
for VT52 and run on the ST.

(b) I have read several news items about "8 bit emulation."  Since
the CP/M emulator is already available, should I presume that this
"8-bit emulation" if for emulation of 8-bit Atari computers?  If
not, then what is all this talk about?

(c) I have heard that a company in Florida has available a product
(is it PCDITTO?) which emulates a pc-compatible computer with CGA
graphics on an Atari with medium-resolution color.  Is this for
real?  What does it cost?  Any chance they'll have a monochrome-
compatible version.

(d) Many months ago I read in one of Jerry Pournelle's columns that
he had actually seen a package that would allow an ST (or was it
an Amiga? no offense intended--) to run MacIntosh software.  He 
explained further that Apple intended to fight this tooth-and-nail.
Did anything ever come of it?

I'll appreciate any further information on these and other emulation
packages.  

Ted A. Campbell
Duke Divinity School
Durham, NC  27707
email:  tcamp@ecsvax